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
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: II. Moderato
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: III. Allegro molto
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 in C major, op. 49: IV. Allegro
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: I. Overture: Moderato con moto
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: II. Recitative & Romance: Adagio
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: III. Valse: Allegro
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A major, op. 68: IV. Theme and Variations

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: I. Introduction: Andantino
  2. 3.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: II. Scherzo: Allegretto
  3. 4.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: III. Recitative: Adagio
  4. 5.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: IV. Etude: Allegro
  5. 6.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: V. Humoresque: Allegro
  6. 7.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VI. Elegy: Adagio
  7. 8.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 122: VII. Finale: Moderato
  8. 9.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: I. Allegretto
  9. 10.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: II. Moderato con moto
  10. 11.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: III. Allegro non troppo
  11. 12.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: IV. Adagio
  12. 13.
    String Quartet no. 3 in F major, op. 73: V. Moderato – Adagio

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: I. Allegretto
  2. 4.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: II. Andantino
  3. 5.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: III. Allegretto
  4. 6.
    String Quartet no. 4 in D major, op. 83: IV. Allegretto
  5. 7.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: I. Allegro non troppo
  6. 8.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: II. Andante
  7. 9.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, op. 92: III. Moderato – Allegretto – Andante

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: I. Allegretto
  2. 5.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: II. Moderato con moto
  3. 6.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: III. Lento
  4. 7.
    String Quartet no. 6 in G major, op. 101: IV. Allegretto
  5. 8.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: I. Allegretto
  6. 9.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: II. Lento
  7. 10.
    String Quartet no. 7 in F-sharp minor, op. 108: III. Allegro – Allegretto
  8. 11.
    String Quartet no. 13 in B-flat minor, op. 138: Adagio – Doppio movimento – Tempo primo

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: I. Moderato con moto
  2. 6.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: II. Adagio
  3. 7.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: III. Allegretto
  4. 8.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: IV. Adagio
  5. 9.
    String Quartet no. 9 in E-flat major, op. 117: V. Allegro
  6. 10.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: I. Andante
  7. 11.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: II. Allegretto furioso
  8. 12.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: III. Adagio
  9. 13.
    String Quartet no. 10 in A-flat major, op. 118: IV. Allegretto – Andante

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: I. Moderato – Allegretto
  2. 7.
    String Quartet no. 12 in D-flat major, op. 133: II. Allegretto – Adagio – Moderato – Allegretto
  3. 8.
    String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: I. Allegretto
  4. 9.
    String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: II. Adagio
  5. 10.
    String Quartet no. 14 in F-sharp major, op. 142: III. Allegretto – Adagio

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: I. Elegy: Adagio
  2. 8.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: II. Serenade: Adagio
  3. 9.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: III. Intermezzo: Adagio
  4. 10.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: IV. Nocturne: Adagio
  5. 11.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: V. Funeral March: Adagio molto
  6. 12.
    String Quartet no. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144: VI. Epilogue
  7. 13.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: I. Largo
  8. 14.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: II. Allegro molto
  9. 15.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: III. Allegretto
  10. 16.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: IV. Largo
  11. 17.
    String Quartet no. 8 in C minor, op. 110: V. Largo

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