String Quartets nos. 11, 13, 15

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & St. Petersburg String Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 11, 13 and 15 are chamber works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1966, 1970 and 1974 respectively. They exemplify his late-period chamber style, featuring terse, often austere textures, sparse tonal centres, stark contrasts and an introspective, elegiac character that reflects the increasingly private, reflective phase of his quartet writing and situates these works as a concentrated culmination of his contributions to the string quartet repertoire.

String Quartets nos. 11, 13, 15 by Shostakovich - album cover

First released: August 2002

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1.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: Introduction. Andantino —
2:13
2.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: Scherzo. Allegretto —
2:55
3.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: Recitative. Adagio —
1:05
4.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: Etude. Allegro —
1:19
5.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: Humoresque. Adagio —
1:10
6.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: Elegy. Adagio —
4:27
7.
String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: Finale. Moderato
3:56
8.
String Quartet no. 13 in B-flat minor, op. 138: Adagio – Doppio movimento – Tempo primo
18:47
9.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: Elegy. Adagio —
10:54
10.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: Serenade. Adagio —
5:38
11.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: Intermezzo. Adagio —
2:02
12.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: Nocturne. Adagio —
4:39
13.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: Funeral March. Molto adagio —
4:56
14.
String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: Epilogue. Adagio
6:51