The Allegro Molto Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 gets the treatment. And it's epic. Guitarist, arranger and rapidly-emerging internet-superhero Connor Gallagher has been delighting us with ...

For the Altius Quartet, it is more than a matter of chronology. They regard these works as a ‘personal’ triptych, Nos 7 and 9 dedicated to Shostakovich’s first and last wives and the Eighth famously ...

String Quartet No. 7 Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer Pavel Haas Quartet String Quartet No. 8 Pavel Haas Quartet Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer The recording quality is correspondingly striking in its ...

Dmitri Shostakovich in 1972(Erich Auerbach/Hulton Archive) Dmitri Shostakovich's career was plagued by censorship and heartbreak. His string quartets are perhaps his most intimate, interior ...

Emily MacGregor chooses her favourite recording of Shostakovich's String Quartet No 8 in C minor. Written at white heat in just three days, Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet is also his most ...

UB music fans will have the opportunity to hear all 15 Shostakovich String Quartets performed in five concerts taking place April 12-23 in Lippes Concert Hall in Slee Hall, North Campus The ...

Two of Aotearoa’s oldest classical music organisations, the New Zealand String Quartet (NZSQ) and Orchestra Wellington, are coming together to present the first event in a powerful four-part concert ...