Various Artists - Verdi & Dvorak String Quartets - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Tetzlaff Quartett - String Quartets [COMPACT DISCS] Digipack Packaging date 03/08/2011

Various Artists - Quatuors a Cordes [COMPACT DISCS] date 12/15/1996

The city of Petersburg has a complex history, merging diverse cultural influences into a distinct profile. The forces generated amid the constant interplay of repression and the yearning for freedom find expression in experimentation. This led the Gunter-Kim duo to explore the cosmopolitan city in search of traces. In the process, the cello-piano duo has discovered various compositions related to Dmitri Shostakovich Boris Goltz, Galina Ustvolskaya, Boris Arapov... and, as a world premiere recording, Leonid Gorokhov. The duo's arrangements of Shostakovich's Spanish and Jewish songs symbolize a thoughtful approach to foreign cultures. This stands in stark contrast to the current somber reality Petersburg, once the gateway to Europe, is on the brink of closing itself off.