Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108
1 1. Allegretto 3:19
2 2. Lento 2:46
3 3. Allegro 2:48
4 Allegretto 2:41

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
5 1. Largo 4:22
6 2. Allegro molto 2:48
7 3. Allegretto 3:57
8 4. Largo 5:12
9 5. Largo 3:23

String Quartet No. 10 in A flat major, Op. 118
10 1. Andante 4:10
11 2. Allegro furioso 4:12
12 3. Adagio 4:45
13 4. Allegretto 8:41

Two Pieces for the String Quartet, Op. 11
14 Prelude 5:25
15 Scherzo 4:21


The Beethoven String Quartet:
Dmitri Tsyganov (1st violin), Vasili Shirinsky (2nd violin),
Vadim Borisovsky (viola), Sergei Shirinsky (cello) (1-9)
Dmitri Tsyganov (1st violin), Nikolai Zabavnikov (2nd violin),
Fedor Druzhinin (viola), Sergei Shirinsky (cello) (10-15)

The Komitas String Quartet:
Avet Gabrielyan (1st violin), Rafail Davidyan (2nd violin),
Heinrich Talalyan (viola), Sergei Aslamazyan (cello) (14, 15)
Recоrded in 1961 (1-9), 1965 (10-13), 1969 (14, 15)

MEL CD 10 00861