Dmitry Shostakovich’s string quartets can easily entice any author into an abyss of abstract poetic language. And so do the recordings of these deeply personal and very moving pieces. I have always ...

Given their importance in the quartet literature of the 20th century, there are surprisingly few complete recordings of Shostakovich's 15 string quartets. Even so, this set joins some pretty select ...

The Shostakovich quartets have moved from the periphery to the centre of the repertoire without too much in the way of ideological reorientation. Unlike the ‘public’ symphonies, these works were seen ...

The Carduccis maintained astonishing intensity throughout the complete cycle of Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets – performed in a single day Most ensembles gung-ho enough to attempt a complete cycle ...

Dmitri Shostakovich's 15 string quartets trace a creative path from youthful vigor to dread of death, tensely combining along the way pathos with caustic comedy, folk melodies with modern angularities ...

Has the Borodin Quartet inherited a musical style through its DNA? There have been many changes to the membership of the Quartet since it was founded 70 years ago, but its close association with ...

Where: Phillip T. Young Recital Hall, MacLaurin Building, University of Victoria When: Feb. 3, 4, 6, 8 and 9. All concerts at 8 p.m. Pre-concert talks at 7 p.m. Tickets: $25 single ticket or $100 for ...

Bach, “Testament – Complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin performed by Rachel Barton Pine (Avie, two discs). It was 10 days ago that the world could have celebrated one of the great birth ...

This ensemble from Indiana has performed previously at the Musica Viva Sydney Festival, but not here. Now on a national tour, the visitors presented the second of two programs on Saturday. The ...

Next Friday, the Lafayette String Quartet, who have been artists-in-residence in the University of Victoria’s School of Music since 1991, will launch what will surely be the classical music event of ...