Cedille Chicago Presents

On this week's show, we unveil our final release for 2013: the Pacifica Quartet's Soviet Experience Volume IV, containing the last 3 Quartets (Nos. 13–15) by Dmitri Shostakovich plus the String Quartet No. 3 by Alfred Schnittke. We’ll hear Shostakovich’s single-movement Quartet No. 13 in its entirety, plus excerpts from the other 3 pieces.   November 20 The Pacifica Quartet plays Shostakovich and Schnittke DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975) String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat minor, Op. 138 Adagio—Doppio movimento—Tempo primo (19:15) From The Soviet Experience Volume IV: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries Cedille Records CDR 90000 145 (Disc 1 Track 1) Pacifica Quartet DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 14 in F-sharp major, Op. 142 I. Allegretto (8:41) From The Soviet Experience Volume IV: String Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries Cedille Records CDR 90000 145 (Disc 1 Track 2) Pacifica Quartet DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144 IV.