Soul-searching and black humour. ‘Exhilarating commitment and freshness’ (Télérama). ‘One admires the skilful voice-leading, the splendidly vertical bowing and the vivacity of this ensemble which will certainly continue to dazzle us for a long time to come’ (Diapason). After a first volume devoted to Quartets nos.1, 4 and 9, the musicians of the Jerusalem Quartet return to one of their great favourites, Shostakovich. Here, even in the luminous G major of no.6, they tackle works of still greater gravity. The humour grows inexorably blacker . . .
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH [1906-1975] Quatuor n°6 op.101 en Sol majeur / G major / G-dur · I. Allegretto (6'49) · II. Moderato con moto (5'21) · III. Lento (4'28) · IV. Finale. Lento - Allegretto (7'13) Quatuor n°8 op.110 en ut mineur / C minor / c-moll · I. Largo (5'14) · II. Allegro (2'41) · III. Allegretto (4'48) · IV. Largo (5'25) · V. Largo (3'56) Quatuor n°11 op.122 en fa mineur / F minor / f-moll · I. Introduction. Andantino (2'28) · II. Scherzo. Allegretto (2'42) · III. Récitatif. Adagio (1'18) · IV. Etude. Allegro (1'14) · V. Humoresque. Allegro (1'03) · VI. Elégie. Adagio (4'17) · VII. Finale. Moderato (3'36)
