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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. When Shostakovich began writing his Second String Quartet he had already completed ...
The Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 by Dmitri Shostakovich is one of his best-known chamber works. Like most piano quintets, it is written for piano and string quartet (two violins, viola and cello). Shostakovich began work on the piece in the summer of 1940 and completed it on September 14.
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.
Sep 20, 1994 · Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet; String Quartet No. 2 by Dmitry Shostakovich released in 1994. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards ...
Shostakovich concludes his second quartet with a stunning theme and variations, undoubtedly the most remarkable movement of the quartet. It is a tour de force of musical imagination, emotional expression and dramatic development.
It is hard to envisage a more enticing prospect: Shostakovich’s densely woven String Quartet No 2 and his deceptively backward-looking Piano Quintet, performed by the stellar Takács Quartet and Marc-André Hamelin, generously notated by David Fanning, and lovingly recorded by Hyperion’s Simon Eadon and Andrew Keener team.
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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...
