Beethoven / Shostakovich - String Quartets
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Label: Zig Zag Territoires
Cat No: ZZT080702
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 18th August 2008
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Atrium QuartetAbout
‘Moreover, it is well known that thirteen of Shostakovich’s fifteen quartets were premiered by the Beethoven Quartet, founded in Moscow in 1923. This formation had made a name for itself by performing the complete cycle of Beethoven quartets in 1927, for the commemoration of the centenary of the composer’s death. Because of the demise of its cellist, Sergey Shirinsky, it was unable to give the premiere of Shostakovich’s String Quartet no.15, which was entrusted to the Taneyev Quartet – whose cellist Joseph Levinson subsequently became the mentor of the Atrium Quartet. So, a Beethoven-Shostakovich coupling? Self-evident, no doubt about it.’ - Hélène Cao
The Atrium String Quartet is the first quartet from Russia which has won the two most important International Competitions for String Quartets. They first rose to international prominence in April 2003 when they won the First Prize and the Audience Prize in the London International String Quartet Competition which was held at the prestigious Wigmore Hall, when they made their debut on BBC Radio 3 with a performance of the Fifth String Quartet of Shostakovich.
Atrium Quartet:
- Alexey Naumenko, Anton Ilyunin, violins
- Dimitri Pitulko, viola
- Anna Gorelova, cello
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