String Quartet No. 8

Single by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Emerson String Quartet

String Quartet No. 8 is the eighth string quartet by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1960. The quartet is a work of 20th-century chamber music characterised by a compact, often sombre and introspective musical language, recurring motifs and stark harmonic contrasts across interconnected movements, and it occupies a significant place in Shostakovich's late output as an intensely personal reflection on the turmoil of his times.
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  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: I. Largo
    4:33
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: II. Allegro molto
    2:37
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: III. Allegretto
    4:05
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: IV. Largo
    4:45
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    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: V. Largo
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