String Quartets 7–13

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Asasello Quartett

String Quartets Nos. 7–13 are a cycle of chamber works by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, composed between 1960 and 1970. These late quartets explore concentrated, often sombre string textures, combining terse motifs, intricate contrapuntal writing and moments of stark lyricism that reflect a move towards more introspective, compressed forms in the composer's later career.

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  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: I. Allegretto (attacca)
    3:39
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: II. Lento (attacca)
    2:36
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: III. Allegro – Allegretto
    5:04
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: I. Largo (attacca)
    4:26
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: II. Allegro molto (attacca)
    2:51
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: III. Allegretto (attacca)
    3:58
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: IV. Largo (attacca)
    4:21
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: V. Largo
    3:18
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: I. Moderato con moto (attacca)
    4:22
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: II. Adagio (attacca)
    3:22
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: III. Allegretto (attacca)
    4:07
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: IV. Adagio (attacca)
    2:51
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: V. Allegro
    9:12
  14. 14.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: I. Andante
    4:29
  15. 15.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: II. Allegretto furioso
    3:42
  16. 16.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: III. Adagio (attacca)
    4:39
  17. 17.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: IV. Allegretto – Andante
    9:35
  18. 18.
    Unfinished String Quartet (pre-9th, 1962): Allegretto
    6:34
  19. 19.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: I. Introduction: Andantino (attacca)
    2:04
  20. 20.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: II. Scherzo: Allegretto (attacca)
    2:49
  21. 21.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: III. Recitative: Adagio (attacca)
    1:05
  22. 22.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: IV. Étude: Allegro (attacca)
    1:09
  23. 23.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: V. Humoresque: Allegro (attacca)
    1:05
  24. 24.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VI. Elegy: Adagio ( (attacca)
    3:26
  25. 25.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VII. Finale: Moderato – Meno mosso – Moderato
    3:49
  26. 26.
    String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: I. Moderato – Allegretto – Moderato – Allegretto – Moderato
    6:13
  27. 27.
    String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: II. Allegretto – Adagio – Moderato – Adagio – Moderato – Allegretto
    19:32
  28. 28.
    String Quartet no. 13 in B-flat minor, op. 138: I. Adagio – Doppio movimento – Tempo primo
    18:48
  29. 29.
    String Quartet no. 13. Fragment, First Version (manuscript A, 1968): Allegretto
    4:07

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