The 15 String Quartets

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Струнный квартет имени Бетховена

The 15 String Quartets is a cycle of fifteen string quartets by Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich, composed between 1938 and 1974. The works traverse a broad musical language—from sardonic, rhythmically driven passages to terse, inwardly expressive slow movements—employing dense counterpoint, stark dynamic contrasts and varied textures that reflect the composer's evolving style and place the cycle as a major body of 20th-century chamber repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: I. Moderato
    4:39
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: II. Moderato
    4:24
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: III. Allegro molto
    2:11
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: IV. Allegro
    2:57
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: I. Overture. Moderato con moto
    7:55
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: II. Recitative and Romance. Adagio
    9:21
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: III. Waltz. Allegro
    5:08
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: IV. Theme With Variations. Adagio
    10:02
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: I. Allegretto
    6:52
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: II. Moderato con moto
    4:42
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: III. Allegro non troppo
    4:01
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: IV. Adagio -
    5:09
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: V. Moderato
    9:05

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: I. Allegretto
    3:17
  2. 3.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: II. Andantino
    5:54
  3. 4.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: III. Allegretto -
    4:01
  4. 5.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: IV. Allegretto
    8:19
  5. 6.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: I. Allegro non troppo -
    10:35
  6. 7.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: II. Andante -
    9:08
  7. 8.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: III. Moderato - Allegretto
    10:14
  8. 9.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: I. Allegretto
    7:08
  9. 10.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: II. Moderato con moto
    5:19
  10. 11.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: III. Lento -
    5:17
  11. 12.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: IV. Lento - Allegretto
    9:06

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: I. Allegretto
    3:19
  2. 4.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: II. Lento
    2:46
  3. 5.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: III. Allegro - Allegretto
    5:35
  4. 6.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: I. Largo
    4:23
  5. 7.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: II. Allegro molto
    2:48
  6. 8.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: III. Allegretto
    3:57
  7. 9.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: IV. Largo
    5:10
  8. 10.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: V. Largo
    3:28
  9. 11.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: I. Moderato con moto
    3:58
  10. 12.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: II. Adagio
    3:18
  11. 13.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: III. Allegretto
    3:54
  12. 14.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: IV. Adagio
    3:33
  13. 15.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: V. Allegro
    9:02
  14. 16.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: I. Andante
    4:04
  15. 17.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: II. Allegretto furioso
    4:13
  16. 18.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: III. Adagio
    4:46
  17. 19.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: IV. Allegretto
    8:44

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: I. Introduction. Andantino -
    2:04
  2. 5.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: II. Scherzo. Allegretto -
    3:07
  3. 6.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: III. Recitative. Adagio -
    1:03
  4. 7.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: IV. Etude. Allegro -
    1:08
  5. 8.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: V. Humoresque. Allegro -
    0:48
  6. 9.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VI. Elegy. Adagio -
    3:53
  7. 10.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VII. Finale. Moderato
    3:08
  8. 11.
    String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: I. Moderato
    7:25
  9. 12.
    String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: II. Allegro - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio moderato - Allegretto
    18:49
  10. 13.
    String Quartet no. 13 in B-flat minor, op. 138: Adagio - Doppio movimento - Tempo primo
    18:17
  11. 14.
    Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11: Prelude
    5:26
  12. 15.
    Two Pieces for String Octet, op. 11: Scherzo
    4:26

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: I. Allegretto
    8:14
  2. 6.
    String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: II. Adagio
    8:09
  3. 7.
    String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: III. Allegretto
    8:38
  4. 8.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: I. Elegy. Adagio
    12:32
  5. 9.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: II. Serenade. Adagio
    5:55
  6. 10.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: III. Intermezzo. Adagio
    1:47
  7. 11.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: IV. Nocturne. Adagio
    5:16
  8. 12.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: V. Funeral March. Adagio molto
    5:25
  9. 13.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: VI. Epilogue. Adagio
    6:29

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