Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 15, Op. 144 (1974)

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич, tr. Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich 25 September 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist, and a prominent figure of 20th-century music. Please support my channel: Sting Quartet No. 15 in E-flat major, Op. 144 (May 1974) I. Elegy: Adagio (0:00) II. Serenade: Adagio (11:47) III. Intermezzo: Adagio (17:12) IV. Nocturne: Adagio (18:42) V. Funeral march: Adagio molto (23:21) VI. Epilogue: Adagio (28:05) Fitzwilliam Quartet The Fitzwilliam Quartet gave the first performance outside the Soviet Union which took place in Coventry, England on March 11, 1975, at the University of Warwick’s Arts Centre. According to Sofia Khentova, the Fifteenth Quartet was intended as a “milestone“ heralding the next nine string quartets that Shostakovich intended to compose for the Beethoven Quartet. He had previously promised them