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Dmitry Shostakovich

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122  Play

Atrium Quartet Quartet

Recorded on 10/22/2014, uploaded on 04/07/2015

Musician's or Publisher's Notes

Composed in 1966.  Premiered by the Beethoven Quartet and is dedicated to the memory of Vasily Shirinsky, the quartet's second violin who died the previous year.

I.     Introduction: Andantino
II.    Scherzo: Allegretto
III.   Recitative: Adagio
IV.    Etude: Allegro
V.     Humoresque: Allegro
VI.   Elegy: Adagio
VII.  Finale: Moderato - Meno mosso - Moderato