When Shostakovich wrote his 8th quartet he believed it would be his musical valediction. Stephen Johnson joins the members of the Royal String Quartet in Norwich for a closer look at the ideas behind ...
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) was a Russian composer of operas, ballets, concertos, string quartets, and 15 symphonies. Shostakovich was frequently denounced...
The Guardian: Shostakovich: String Quartets 1, 8 & 14 CD review – profoundly stirring
Shostakovich: String Quartets 1, 8 & 14 CD review – profoundly stirring
Classic FM: Heavy metal Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 sounds the most badass thing ever
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 ...
Heavy metal Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 sounds the most badass thing ever
Gramophone: SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartets Nos 2, 7 & 8 (Pave Haas Quartet)
String Quartet No. 7 Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Pavel Haas Quartet String Quartet No. 8 Pavel Haas Quartet Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer The recording quality is correspondingly striking in its ...
Dmitri Shostakovich in 1972(Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive) Dmitri Shostakovich's career was plagued by censorship and heartbreak. His string quartets are perhaps his most intimate, interior ...
The Guardian: Shostakovich: Piano Concertos 1 & 2; String Quartet No 8 CD review – an ingenious disc
Shostakovich: Piano Concertos 1 & 2; String Quartet No 8 CD review – an ingenious disc
It is a commonplace among music historians to write about Shostakovich’s string quartets as his most personal and intimate works, expressing the irony and the despair he felt as a victim of Soviet ...