Shostakovich-The Complete String Quartets,Vol1 (Nos.1-5)1969 3LP Melodiya Stereo

Description

Shostakovich*, The Borodin Quartet* – The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 (Nos. 1-5)

Original 1969 Melodiya/Seraphim – SIC-6034 3LP Stereo Pressing

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Condition Description: record 1: EXC, records2-3: VG++, cover VG+ top 2" binding split

Tracklist

Quartet No. 1 In C, Op. 49

(13:50)

A1

I. Moderato

A2

II. Moderato, Theme And Variations

A3

III. Allegro Molto, Schrezo

A4

IV. Allegro

Quartet No. 2 In A, Op. 68

A5

I. Overture: Moderato Con Moto

8:05

B1

II. Recitative And Romance: Adagio

B2

III. Valse: Allegretto

B3

IV. Theme With Variations

Quartet No. 3 In F, Op. 73

C1

I. Allegretto

16:10

C2

II. Moderato Con Moto

C3

III. Allegro Non Troppo

D1

IV. Adagio, Passacaglia

16:35

Quartet No. 4 In D, Op. 83

(24:55)

E1

I. Allegretto

E2

II. Andantino

E3a

III. Allegretto -

E3b

IV. Allegretto

Quartet No. 5 In B-Flat, Op. 92

(29:25)

F1a

I. Allegro Non Troppo -

F1b

II. Andante -

F1c

III. Moderato - Allegretto -

Companies, etc.

Record Company –  Seraphim – SIC-6034

Recorded By –  Мелодия

Pressed By –  Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton

Credits

Cello –  Valentin Berlinsky

Composed By –  Dmitri Shostakovich

Producer, Engineer –  Yuri Kokzhayan

Sleeve Notes –  Yoritoyo Inouye *

Viola –  Dmitri Shebalin

Violin –  Rostislav Dubinsky ,  Yaroslav Alexandrov

Notes

First Pressing Label: Red with black type except for record logos in white. Label has black stars and a circle around the border Original Borodin String Quartet recordings as released by Melodiya in 1967:

Dmitri Shostakovich - Borodin String Quartet / Prokofiev Quartet - Квартеты

These performances were then issued in the west by Melodiya/Seraphim. This the first volume. The second volume is:

Dmitri Shostakovich, Borodin String Quartet - The Complete String Quartets (Vol. 2 Nos. 6-11)

Around the time these recordings were released, Shostakovich completed two more quartets. These were recorded and released in 1972:

Dmitri Shostakovich / Borodin String Quartet - Quartet No. 12 - Quartet No. 13

This new set of the "Complete Quartets" was issued in the west by Melodiya/His Master's Voice in 1974:

Dmitri Shostakovich, Borodin String Quartet - String Quartets 1-13

This original set of 13 quartets was remastered and reissued by Chandos in 2003:

Dmitri Shostakovich / Borodin String Quartet - String Quartets 1 - 13

The original quartet lost  Yaroslav Alexandrov due to ill health in 1974, followed by the defection of first violinist  Rostislav Dubinsky to the west in 1976. The quartet reformed under the leadership of  Valentin Berlinsky . New performances of all 15 Shostakovich quartets were recorded from 1978-1983:

Dmitri Shostakovich / Borodin String Quartet - Квартеты № 1, 15

Dmitri Shostakovich, Borodin String Quartet - Complete Quartets

Dubinsky's defection bruised Soviet pride. Domestic releases of this era avoid references to the changes of quartet membership and are ambiguous about the performers and dates of recordings.

Dated Discogs releases and reissues from 1979 onward are ambiguous about the precise membership of the quartet:

Borodin String Quartet, Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartets, Vol. 1

This volume comes with a six panel tri-fold booklet.

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