DESCRIPTION:
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 - 9 August 1975)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shostakovich

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No._12_(Shostakovich)

http://www.quartets.de/

Emerson String Quartet:

http://www.emersonquartet.com/

Eugene Drucker, 1st Violin (Antonio Stradivari, Cremona 1686)

Philip Setzer, 2nd Violin (Nicolas Lupot, Orléans 1793)

Lawrence Dutton, Viola (Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, Milano 1796)

David Finckel, Cello (Sam Zygmuntowizk, Brooklyn 1993)


The work consists of two movements and last approximately 26 minutes:

1. Moderato - Allegretto - Moderato - Allegretto - Moderato - 0:00

2. Allegretto - Adagio - Moderato - Adagio - Moderato - Allegretto - 6:29

(Live recordings from the ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL)