String Quartets nos. 4, 6 & 11

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Borodin Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 4, 6 & 11 is a collection of chamber works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed in 1949, 1956 and 1966 respectively. The pieces employ a mix of terse, angular movements, sardonic humour and expansive elegiac passages, blending neo-classical structures with intense dissonance and personal lyricism that reflect Shostakovich's evolving musical voice and his responses to the political and personal circumstances of his mid-century career.

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  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: I. Allegretto
    4:04
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: II. Andantino
    6:58
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: III. Allegretto
    4:00
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: IV. Allegretto
    10:19
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: I. Introduction (Andantino)
    2:45
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: II. Scherzo (Allegretto)
    3:00
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: III. Recitative (Adagio)
    1:18
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: IV. Etude (Allegretto)
    1:11
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: V. Humoresque (Allegro)
    1:06
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VI. Elegy (Adagio)
    4:31
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VII. Finale (Moderato)
    4:20
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: I. Allegretto
    6:34
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: II. Moderato con moto
    4:49
  14. 14.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: III. Lento
    5:26
  15. 15.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: IV. Lento - Allegretto
    7:30

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