The String Quartets

Album by Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich & Fitzwilliam String Quartet

The String Quartets are a cycle of fifteen chamber works by Dmitri Shostakovich, composed between 1938 and 1974. They trace his stylistic evolution across Soviet-era modernism to late-period introspection, characterised by sharp dissonances, folk-derived motifs, stark contrasts of irony and grief, and advanced string techniques, and they occupy a central role in 20th-century chamber repertoire.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: I. Moderato
    5:20
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: II. Moderato
    4:48
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: III. Allegro molto
    2:06
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: IV. Allegro
    3:30
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: I. Overture: Moderato con moto
    8:37
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: II. Recitative & Romance: Adagio
    11:10
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: III. Valse: Allegro
    5:45
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: IV. Theme and variations
    10:19

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: I. Allegretto
    6:56
  2. 3.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: II. Moderato con moto
    5:20
  3. 4.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: III. Allegro non troppo
    4:17
  4. 5.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: IV. Adagio
    5:18
  5. 6.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: V. Moderato - Adagio
    10:01
  6. 7.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: I. Allegretto
    3:33
  7. 8.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: II. Andantino
    6:45
  8. 9.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: III. Allegretto
    4:47
  9. 10.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: IV. Allegretto
    10:46

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: I. Allegro non troppo
    10:52
  2. 4.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: II. Andante
    9:26
  3. 5.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: III. Moderato - Allegretto - Andante
    10:48
  4. 6.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: I. Allegretto
    7:12
  5. 7.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: II. Moderato con moto
    5:12
  6. 8.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: III. Lento
    6:43
  7. 9.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: IV. Allegretto
    7:52
  8. 10.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: I. Allegretto
    3:17
  9. 11.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: II. Lento
    3:38
  10. 12.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: III. Allegro - Allegretto
    5:51

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: I. Largo
    4:59
  2. 5.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: II. Allegro molto
    2:34
  3. 6.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: III. Allegretto
    4:09
  4. 7.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: IV. Largo
    5:23
  5. 8.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: V. Largo
    3:56
  6. 9.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: I. Moderato con moto
    4:22
  7. 10.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: II. Adagio
    4:37
  8. 11.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: III. Allegretto
    4:00
  9. 12.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: IV. Adagio
    3:35
  10. 13.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: V. Allegro
    11:07
  11. 14.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: I. Andante
    4:09
  12. 15.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: II. Allegretto furioso
    4:04
  13. 16.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: III. Adagio
    5:17
  14. 17.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: IV. Allegretto - Andante
    9:24

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: I. Introduction: Andantino
    2:01
  2. 6.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: II. Scherzo: Allegretto
    2:40
  3. 7.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: III. Recitative: Adagio
    1:19
  4. 8.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: IV. Etude: Allegro
    1:16
  5. 9.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: V. Humoresque: Allegro
    0:58
  6. 10.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VI. Elegy: Adagio
    4:01
  7. 11.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VII. Finale: Moderato
    4:05
  8. 12.
    String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: I. Moderato - Allegretto
    7:34
  9. 13.
    String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: II. Allegretto - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto
    20:25
  10. 14.
    String Quartet no. 13 in B-flat minor, op. 138: Adagio - Doppio movimento - Tempo primo
    19:10

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: I. Allegretto
    9:09
  2. 7.
    String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: II. Adagio
    9:12
  3. 8.
    String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: III. Allegretto - Adagio
    8:23
  4. 9.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: I. Elegy: Adagio
    11:45
  5. 10.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: II. Serenade: Adagio
    5:25
  6. 11.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: III. Intermezzo: Adagio
    1:29
  7. 12.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: IV. Nocturne: Adagio
    4:39
  8. 13.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: V. Funeral march: Adagio molto
    4:44
  9. 14.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: VI. Epilogue
    6:40

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