Rubio Quartet - Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets (2004) [5CD Box Set]

• Title: Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets
  
• Year Of Release: 2004
  
• Label: Brilliant [6898]
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: FLAC (*image + .cue,log)
  
• Total Time: 06:16:12
  
• Total Size: 1,7 GB (+3%rec.)
  
• WebSite: Album Preview
  

During his 40-year career Rubio created over a thousand instruments, which are coveted by players and collectors throughout the world. He also shared his expertise and knowledge with younger guitar makers. His creations included guitars, lutes, harpsichords, theorbos, vihuelas, citterns, panduras, and finally also violins, violas and cellos. His instruments were prized during his lifetime by many fine musicians, including the English lutenist and guitarist Julian Bream. The Rubio Quartet named themselves in his honour.

A quartet named after a violin maker other than Stradivarius is taking something of a chance. Most people will assume that only Stradivarius violins "sound really good" and that other violins will have inferior sound. But as Jascha Heifetz proved in many experiments, nobody, not even the critics, could tell whether he was playing his Guarnerius or a modern copy; then, if he announced which violin he was playing, the critics would hear what they expected to hear. So, when he would announce he was playing a copy and go ahead and play the Guarnerius, the critics would complain it didn't sound good. Or he would announce the Guarnerius and play the copy and the critics would rhapsodize over the tone. But the point is, Heifetz could tell. Sure, a Stradivarius or a Guarnerius sounds good, but mainly it is much easier to play, especially if you're Heifetz.

So, do these string instruments by David Rubio sound good? You've never heard any sound any better. The players are doing all the work to guarantee that. The playing is dramatic and sensual. They particularly like to settle into a nice rich tonal chord and let it resonate among the four instruments and hold the taste of it for a second. They treat this music like Art of the Fugue, keeping a mostly solemn, unruffled mood throughout. The 1984 Borodiners on the other hand play some of the faster movements with a torchy vibrato and a trace of schmaltz and find a bouncy Russian folk tune here and there which they play with an earthy authenticity.




Tracks:

String Quartet No. 2 In A Major Op. 68 (1944)
1-1 Overture (Moderato Con Moto) 8:03
1-2 Recitative & Romance (Adagio) 10:53
1-3 Waltz (Allegro) 5:59
1-4 Theme & Variations (Adagio) 10:47
String Quartet No. 8 In C Minor Op. 110 (1960)
1-5 Largo 4:40
1-6 Allegro Molto 2:45
1-7 Allegretto 4:16
1-8 Largo 4:33
1-9 Largo 4:04
String Quartet No. 13 In B Flat Major Op. 138 (1970)
1-10 Adagio 20:44
String Quartet No. 3 In F Major Op. 73 (1946)
2-1 Allegretto 6:40
2-2 Moderato Con Moto 4:54
2-3 Allegro Non Troppo 4:01
2-4 Adagio 5:41
2-5 Moderato 10:40
String Quartet No. 7 In F Sharp Minor Op. 108 (1960)
2-6 Allegretto 3:33
2-7 Lento 3:36
2-8 Allegro 6:03
String Quartet No. 9 In E Flat Major Op. 117 (1964)
2-9 Moderato Con Moto 4:20
2-10 Adagio 4:34
2-11 Allegretto 3:47
2-12 Adagio 3:32
2-13 Allegro 9:54
String Quartet No. 5 In B Flat Major Op. 92 (1952)
3-1 Allegro Non Troppo 10:44
3-2 Andante 10:41
3-3 Moderato 10:25
String Quartet No. 11 In F Minor Op. 122 (1966)
3-4 Introduction (Andantino) 2:15
3-5 Scherzo (Allegretto) 2:57
3-6 Recitativo (Adagio) 1:18
3-7 Etude (Allegro) 1:19
3-8 Humoresque (Allegro) 1:08
3-9 Elegy (Adagio) 4:15
3-10 Conclusion (Moderato) 3:41
String Quartet No. 12 In D Flat Major Op. 133 (1968)
3-11 Moderato 6:41
3-12 Allegretto 20:29
String Quartet No. 4 In D Major Op. 83 (1949)
4-1 Allegretto 4:27
4-2 Andantino 6:35
4-3 Allegretto 4:07
4-4 Allegretto 10:28
String Quartet No. 6 In G Major Op. 101 (1956)
4-5 Allegretto 6:42
4-6 Moderato Con Moto 4:56
4-7 Lento 5:57
4-8 Lento-Allegretto 7:44
String Quartet No. 10 In A Flat Major Op. 118 (1964)
4-9 Andante 4:32
4-10 Allegretto Furioso 4:16
4-11 Adagio 6:13
4-12 Allegretto 9:08
String Quartet No. 1 In C Major Op. 49 (1935)
5-1 Modearto 3:57
5-2 Moderato 4:43
5-3 Allegro Molto 2:12
5-4 Allegro 3:03
String Quartet No. 14 In F Sharp Major Op. 142 (1973)
5-5 Allegretto 8:22
5-6 Adagio 10:57
5-7 Allegretto 8:44
String Quartet No. 15 In E Flat Minor Op. 144 (1974)
5-8 Elegy (Adagio) 12:23
5-9 Serenade (Adagio) 5:15
5-10 Intermezzo (Adagio) 1:49
5-11 Nocturne (Adagio) 4:54
5-12 Funeral March (Adagio Molto) 4:38
5-13 Epilogue (Adagio) 6:40


Personnel:

Dirk Van den Hauwe,
Marc Sonnaert,
Peter Devos,
Dirk Van de Velde

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