Shostakovich, String Quartet No.8 in C minor, op.110
Recorded in 1987, this program features the Borodin Quartet of Moscow. Founded in 1946, it concertized until 1955 under the name of Moscow Philharmonic Quartet. The ensemble has recorded the complete quartets of Shostakovich and has frequently performed with Sviastoslav Richter, Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, David Oistrakh and Heinrich Neuhaus.