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Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 68, was completed in September 1944 in just nineteen days in Ivanovo, 300 kilometres north-east of Moscow. It was premiered by the Beethoven Quartet and is dedicated to the composer Vissarion Shebalin .
The Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 is a five- movement composition for two violins, viola, cello, and piano by Dmitri Shostakovich. He composed it between July 13 and September 14, 1940.
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) String Quartet No 2 in A Op 68 (1944) Overture: Moderato con moto Recitative and Romance: Adagio Valse: Allegro Theme and Variations: Adagio – Moderato con moto – Allegretto – Più mosso – Allegro – Adagio "I worry about the lightning speed with which I compose...
Apr 21, 2015 · Dmitri Shostakovich—Piano Quintet & String Quartet No 2—Takács Quartet, Marc-André Hamelin (piano) - YouTube. Hyperion Records. 6.11K subscribers. Subscribed....
This sense of a modern voice within an unbroken traditional lineage is nowhere more apparent than with his glorious piano quintet of 1940. Impressed with his first string quartet, the Moscow-based Beethoven quartet asked Shostakovich to write a quintet featuring Shostakovich himself at the piano.
String Quartet no. 2 in A major. An analysis of the fifteen string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
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The Piano Trio No. 2 and the String Quartet No. 2 were composed during the summer of 1944 and premiered at the same concert in Leningrad on November 12 of that year. These two works come from the darker side of Shostakovich’s wartime experience.
