String Quartet No.7

Dedication: “To the Memory of Nina Vasilievna Shostakovich”

Duration: 12’

String Quartet No. 7

in F Sharp Minor

Op. 108

I. Allegretto
II. Lento
III. Allegro

In terms of duration, this is Shostakovich’s smallest quartet: only 11-12 minutes. But much has been said in it, and said in a new way. In the Seventh Quartet (and at the same time the First Cello Concert was being created), a new stage in the creative evolution of the great musician was clearly outlined.

Quartet No. 7 was completed in March 1960. The premiere took place on May 15, 1960 in Leningrad, in the Small Hall named after M.I. Glinka, and on September 17 of the same year the quartet was performed by the Beethoven Quartet in Moscow, in the Small Hall of the Conservatory.

Dedication: “In Memory of Nina Vasilievna Shostakovich”.

Recordings:

- Beethoven Quartet: D. Tsyganov, V. Shirinsky, V. Borisovsky, S. Shirinsky 1960 // Melodia D-08019-20, 1961
- The Borodin Quartet: R. Dubinsky, Y. Alexandrov, D. Shebalin, V. Berlinsky 1963 // Shinsekai SMK-7542,
- The Borodin Quartet: M. Kopelman, A. Abramenkov, D. Shebalin, V. Berlinsky 1981 // Melodia С10-17869-70, 1982
- The Taneyev Quartet: V. Ovcharek, G. Lutsky, V. Soloviev, I. Levinson 1978 // Melodia S10-10241-42, 1978
- Quartet of students of the Leningrad Conservatory: A. Aranovskaya, A. Goryainova, A. Dogadin, L. Shukaev 1987 // Melodia С10 27377 003, 1988
- Beethoven Quartet: D. Tsyganov, V. Shirinsky, V. Borisovsky, S. Shirinsky. 1960 // Melodia D 08019-20, 1961