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The String Quartet

wed 8 feb 2023 10:00 hour

Presented by Leo Samama.

 

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) – String Quartet No. 12 in D-flat major, Op. 133 (1968)

  1. Moderato, 2. Allegretto

Performers: Quatuor Danel

CD: Alpha Classics

Dmitri Klebanov (1907-1987) – String Quartet No. 5 (1966)

  1. Allegro non troppo, 2. Andante, 3. Vivace

Performers: ARC Ensemble

CD: Chandos

It seems no coincidence that Shostakovich’s twelfth quartet, in D-flat major (Op. 133) from 1968, begins with a twelve-tone melody. In the first measures of the first movement (Moderato), the cello plays a twelve-tone row. The twelve-tone chromaticism gives this quartet an extra intensity, full of dark drama. Shostakovich had been sick for some time and would be hospitalized regularly and sometimes for long periods until his death.

Despite the strict regulations of the Soviet leaders regarding the correct way to compose music within the system, Dmitri Klebanov also dared to venture slowly into the territory of more dissonant music in the 1960s. The fruits of this can be found, for example, in his Fifth String Quartet from 1966.

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