Emotional Range Shostakovich and Weinberg string quartets - heard by ANDREW SCHARTMANN '... virtuoso passages leap off the page with excitement ...'

There's no shortage of prodigious Shostakovich quartet cycles. A special hint of the composer's spirit adorns those recorded by the Beethoven and Borodin quartets, both of whom worked intimately with Dmitri in the Soviet Union. And a more recent effort by the Emerson Quartet provides a veritable model of perfection for aspiring ensembles. Yet even amidst such competition, the Pacifica Quartet carves out a space of its own — a space to be respected on its own terms as a unique and indispensable contribution to the Shostakovich library...

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH

MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG

CEDILLE RECORDS

STRING QUARTETS

RUSSIA