Brodsky Quartet

City Halls, GlasgowIf ever there was a deceptive opening to a cycle, it is Shostakovich's uncomplicated, good-natured First String Quartet. What follows is a journey through anger, despair and beyond to the cold, almost emotionless void of the late quartets.Performing the complete cycle of 15 quartets over two days, the Brodsky Quartet displayed total certainty in the trajectory of the journey, even as the path became darker and more obscure. The mid-point quartets, particularly the very public,...

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