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

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_Quartet_No._15_(Shostakovich)

http://www.quartets.de/

Emerson String Quartet:

http://www.emersonquartet.com/

Philip Setzer, 1st Violin (Nicolas Lupot, Orléans 1793)

Eugene Drucker, 2nd Violin (Antonio Stradivari, Cremona 1686)

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

David Finckel, Cello (Sam Zygmuntowizk, Brooklyn 1993)


The piece consists of six linked movements, all marked Adagio:

Elegy: Adagio - 0:00

Serenade: Adagio - 12:36

Intermezzo: Adagio - 18:24

Nocturne: Adagio - 20:02

Funeral March: Adagio molto - 24:33

Epilogue: Adagio - 29:09


(Live recordings from the ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL)