String Quartets 2/7/8

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Pavel Haas Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 2, 7 and 8 are chamber works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1944 and 1960. They span wartime and late-career periods and feature terse motifs, stark dissonance and concentrated contrapuntal textures, reflecting the composer's shift toward a more introspective, autobiographical style in his string quartet output.

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  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: I. Ouverture. Moderato con moto
    8:09
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: II. Recitative and Romance. Adagio
    11:35
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: III. Waltz. Allegro
    5:29
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: IV. Theme with Variations. Adagio – Moderato con moto
    10:57
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F‐sharp minor, op. 108: I. Allegretto
    3:40
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F‐sharp minor, op. 108: II. Lento
    3:22
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F‐sharp minor, op. 108: III. Allegro – Allegretto
    6:03
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: I. Largo
    4:59
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: II. Allegro molto
    2:53
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: III. Allegretto
    4:37
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: IV. Largo
    5:15
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: V. Largo
    3:49

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