SHOSTAKOVICH
String Quartets

CD1  77’06
String Quartet No.2 in A Op.68 (1944)
1 Overture: Moderato con moto  8’03
2 Recitative & Romance: Adagio  10’53 
3 Waltz: Allegro  5’59
4 Theme & variations: Adagio  10’47
String Quartet No.8 in C minor Op.110 (1960)
5 Largo  4’40
6 Allegro molto  2’45
7 Allegretto  4’15
8 Largo  4’33
9 Largo  4’04
String Quartet No.13 in B flat minor Op.138 (1970)
10 Adagio  20’44

CD2  71’39
String Quartet No.3 in F Op.73 (1946)
1 Allegretto  6’40
2 Moderato con moto  4’54
3 Allegro non troppo  4’01
4 Adagio  5’41
5 Moderato  10’40
String Quartet No.7 in F sharp minor Op.108 (1960)
6 Allegretto  3’33
7 Lento  3’36
8 Allegro  6’03
String Quartet No.9 in E flat Op.117 (1964)
9 Moderato con moto  4’20
10 Adagio  4’34
11 Allegretto  3’47
12 Adagio  3’32
13 Allegro  9’54

CD3  76’16
String Quartet No.5 in B flat Op.92 (1952)
1 Allegro non troppo  10’44
2 Andante  10’41
3 Moderato  10’25
String Quartet No.11 in F minor Op.122 (1966)
4 Introduction: Andantino  2’15
5 Scherzo: Allegretto  2’57
6 Recitativo: Adagio  1’18
7 Etude: Allegro  1’19
8 Humoresque: Allegro  1’08
9 Elegy: Adagio  4’15
10 Conclusion: Moderato  3’41
String Quartet No.12 in D flat Op.133 (1968)
11 Moderato  6’41
12 Allegretto  20’29

CD4  75’18
String Quartet No.4 in D Op.83 (1949)
1 Allegretto  4’27
2 Andantino  6’35
3 Allegretto  4’07
4 Allegretto  10’28
String Quartet No.6 in G Op.101 (1956)
5 Allegretto  6’42
6 Moderato con moto  4’56
7 Lento  5’57
8 Lento-Allegretto  7’44
String Quartet No.10 in A flat Op.118 (1964)
9 Andante  4’23
10 Allegretto furioso  4’15
11 Adagio  6’13
12 Allegretto  9’08

CD5  78’00
String Quartet No.1 in C Op.49 (1935)
1 Moderato  3’57
2 Moderato  4’43
3 Allegro molto  2’12
4 Allegro  3’03
String Quartet No.14 in F sharp Op.142 (1973)
5 Allegretto  8’22
6 Adagio  10’57
7 Allegretto  8’44
String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor Op.144 (1974)
8 Elegy: Adagio  12’23
9 Serenade: Adagio  5’14
10 Intermezzo: Adagio  1’49
11 Nocturne: Adagio  4’54
12 Funeral March: Adagio molto  4’38
13 Epilogue: Adagio  6’40

Rubio Quartet
Dirk van de Velde violin I · Dirk van den Hauwe violin II
Marc Sonnaert viola · Peter Devos cello

Recording: April-September 2002, Church in Mullum, Belgium