Dmitry Shostakovich’s string quartets can easily entice any author into an abyss of abstract poetic language. And so do the recordings of these deeply personal and very moving pieces. I have always ...

From the 12th to the 17th of March, BBC Radio 3 will be broadcasting all the String Quartets of Shostakovich. The performers will be the Jerusalem Quartet and the Aviv Quartet. Listen to the concerts ...

Here we have a stimulating programme that represents two important composers working at full stretch: only the seven (arranged) Shostakovich Preludes suggest gnomic afterthoughts caught in a familiar ...

String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.49: 1. Moderato String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.49: 2. Moderato String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.49: 3. Allegro molto String ...

Next Friday, the Lafayette String Quartet, who have been artists-in-residence in the University of Victoria’s School of Music since 1991, will launch what will surely be the classical music event of ...

The Alexander String Quartet has been an regular annual visitor to St. Lawrence University to perform and teach. They crowded into the NCPR studio... Oct 01, 2001 — The Alexander String Quartet has ...

Given their importance in the quartet literature of the 20th century, there are surprisingly few complete recordings of Shostakovich's 15 string quartets. Even so, this set joins some pretty select ...

UB music fans will have the opportunity to hear all 15 Shostakovich String Quartets performed in five concerts taking place April 12-23 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus The ...

Dmitri Shostakovich gives us the carnival and the graveyard, the cabaret and the padded cell, often at the same time. Just as we sink into beauty, he tells a joke. Just as we start to chuckle, he ...

A few weeks ago at London’s Wigmore Hall the Pacifica Quartet concluded its outstanding survey of Shostakovich’s 15 string quartets, exceptional both in the musicians’ maturity and breadth of ...

Written between 1938 and 1974, Shostakovich’s cycle of string quartets holds a significant place in chamber music’s repertoire and offers insights into the composer’s state of mind. More private than ...