String Quartets nos. 4, 6, 8

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & St. Petersburg String Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 4, 6 and 8 are chamber works by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1949, 1956 and 1960 respectively. They traverse a range from terse, acerbic motifs to brooding, elegiac passages, employing dense counterpoint, stark contrasts and compact forms that chart Shostakovich's evolving quartet language and mark important moments in his mid-to-late career.
First released: January 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: Allegretto
    3:53
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: Andantino
    6:19
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: Allegretto —
    4:02
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: Allegretto
    10:33
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: Allegretto
    6:45
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: Moderato con moto
    5:31
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: Lento —
    4:57
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: Lento - Allegretto
    7:59
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: Largo
    4:37
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: Allegro molto —
    2:37
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: Allegretto —
    4:37
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: Largo —
    4:46
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: Largo
    3:41

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