(1992) Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110 bis / Symphony For Strings, Op. 110 bis / Requiem For Strings, Op. 144 bis Gábor Takács-Nagy Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga

Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga

Xavier de Maistre won his first international competition in Paris at the age of sixteen

though never far from the night

Shchedrin wrote the «Carmen Suite» in 1967 as the music for a one-act ballet at the Bolshoi

(1992) Shostakovich: Chamber Symphony, Op. 110 bis / Symphony For Strings, Op. 110 bis / Requiem For Strings, Op. 144 bis Gábor Takács-Nagy Juan Crisóstomo de ArriagaThe string quartet was Dimitri Chostakovitchs preferred form for self expression. He frequently referred to his quartets as symphonic quartets (quartet symphonies). The enormous emotional power which he gave this formation, the depth of contrast, the symphonic development and the transformation of musical ideas, all of this go into making his quartets into true symphonies for four instruments. It is significant that the composer himself approved