Cuarteto Casals - Shostakovich Complete String Quartets Vol. 1 [CD] The Sundays - Reading nearly two decades later

nearly two decades later

in both a physical and mental sense

Zachary Cole Smith

and the TV series Succession

all housed in a stunning case-wrapped and varnished box

Cuarteto Casals - Shostakovich Complete String Quartets Vol. 1 [CD] The Sundays - Reading nearly two decades laterAfter being subjected to public attacks by the Soviet regime in the mid 1930s, Shostakovich sought new avenues of self expression by turning to chamber music, and the string quartet became for him the perfect medium for private confession. To launch their complete Shostakovich cycle, members of the Cuarteto Casals offer deeply insightful readings of the first five quartets works that are pivotal in the composer's oeuvre. Tracklist: Shostakovich: