BORODIN String Quartets Nos.1-2 / Shostakovich Quartet

Alexander Porfiryevich BORODIN (1833–87)

String Quartet No. 1 In A Major (1877/9)

1 Moderato – Allegro 13:01
2 Andante Con Moto 8:37
3 Scherzo. Prestissimo 5:24
4 Andante – Allegro Risoluto 9:51

String Quartet No. 2 In D Major (1881)

5 Allegro Moderato 7:52
6 Scherzo. Allegro 4:33
7 Nocturne. Andante 8:16
8 Finale. Andante – Vivace 7:08

Shostakovich Quartet:

1st Violin – Andrei Shishlov
2nd Violin – Sergei Pishchugin (tracks: 5 to 8), Alexander Semyannikov (tracks: 1 to 4)
Viola – Alexander Galkovsky
Cello – Alexander Korchagin

Licensed from Olympia UK

Total Playing Time = 64′ 45″.
6-pages folded flyer with notes in English

Label: Alto – ALC 1111
Barcode: 5055354411113
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: Europe, UK
Released: 2011
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic, Chamber Music, String Ensemble