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Work: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor "Malinconia", Op.110

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ComposerShostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Year1960
Work typeChamber
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AmsterdamQuatuor Van Kuijk: String Quartet Highlights

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The combined forces of the Gewandhaus and Boston Symphony unite under Andris Nelsons for a searing Leningrad Symphony, while the Quatuor Danel tackles the string quartets. 
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Bachtrack top ten: Dmitri Shostakovich

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Conformist or closet dissident? Dmitri Shostakovich had to adapt, chameleon-like, to the changing political climate in the Soviet Union, toeing the party line where necessary, but planting his music with coded messages.