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>The Bartok Quartets - dunno who the current champs for these are.  The
>Shostakovich Quartets - start with No.8, the Borodin Quartet.

Shostakovich again: Piano Quintet, Op. 57.  Vanguard CD reissue with
Shostakovich at the piano, and the Beethoven Quartet (the group that
premiered many of his works).

Michael Stein