The Allegro Molto Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 gets the treatment. And it's epic. Guitarist, arranger and rapidly-emerging internet-superhero Connor Gallagher has been delighting us with ...

Was Dmitri Shostakovich a stunningly original composer whose music ... This metaphor was to haunt and intensify such profoundly autobiographical works as the String Quartet No.8 and Symphony No.10.

The Alexander String Quartet will complete its two-year survey of the complete cycle of the 15 string quartets composed by Russian/Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich in the next few months, with ...

If Ehnes as soloist is no stranger to the catalogue, the Ehnes Quartet, formed as recently as 2010, here appears for the first time on disc in two of Shostakovich’s string quartets. If these make ...

This first disc in a new complete cycle of Shostakovich’s works for string quartet exudes authority. The playing of the current four members has a molten intensity, a restraint that never seeks ...

With the arguable exception of Béla Bartók's six string quartets ... and a flashy final page. Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (1960) The Eighth Quartet is Shostakovich's most popular ...

Of all the Emerson String Quartet’s achievements during its ... its early and vigorous advocacy for the string quartets of Dmitri Shostakovich. These days, when performances and recordings ...

This year’s event offered a uniquely immersive experience, blending historical narrative, archival visuals, and live performance of Dmitri Shostakovich’s “String Quartet No.3 in F Major ...

All concerts at 8 p.m. Pre-concert talks at 7 p.m ... Victoria’s Lafayette String Quartet was rehearsing Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 13. The music calls for a periodic rapping ...

and Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8. The latter, which HSQ violinist Rossitza Jekova-Goza calls “dark and autobiographical,” will be performed to commemorate the 50th anniversary ...