(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

who was to have lead the production) marked by a phenomenal naturalness

followed by a Gloria subdivided into five parts) were borrowed from cantatas composed ten or twenty years previously

and fugato pieces in which imitative counterpoint is employed call forth Telemann’s German contrapuntal heritage

though never far from the night

(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