Jerusalem Quartet plays Shostakovich String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 122

Dmitri Shostakovich - Quartet No. 11 in F Minor for Strings, Op. 122
1. Introduction: Andantino
2. Scherzo: Allegretto
3. Recitative: Adagio
4. Etude: Allegro
5. Humoresque: Allegro
6. Elegy: Adagio
7. Finale: Moderato - Meno mosso - Moderato
Jerusalem Quartet
Alexander Pavlovsky, violin
Sergei Bresler, violin
Ori Kam, viola
Kyril Zlotnikov, cello
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center 2013

[@appogiatura]

I absolutely love listening to these guys. What an accomplishment it is that they completed this cycle in a series of live concerts in a few days.

[@shadeeason4401]

Beautiful intense lamentations! Such an incredible performance! Bravo! Magnifico! 👏👏👏👏

[@zughoytim]

The Jerusalem Quartet is the best Shostakovich quartet these days. Dare I say it? Perhaps even better than the Borodin String Quartet was.... anyway: magical! Thanks for the upload!

[@kirill429]

i would say theyre on the level of the Borodin, but they each have their own flavour. imo borodin feels more personal, jerasulem feels more selfish. perhaps thats because i’ve never seen the borodin perform on video, but putting faces to this music feels self-serving. if i were to perfom this quartet, or any from shostakovich-excluding his 1st-i would do it behind a screen

[@kirill429]

like these guys even have the audacity to stand up and bow after performing this work, just get off the stage. its a shostakovich quartet, not some showpiece

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

I don't agree. There is something hollow about this for me

[@maxabeles]

Emerson doesn't filter in to the running? I used to listen to their Shosta quartet box set in highschool all the time.

[@woohoomantheman]

@@kirill429 Borodin has recordings on video as well. I don't see why they shouldn't bow.

[@ExxylcrothEagle]

Hot Stuff !!! This has been my favorite Shostakovich Quartet lately.. really brilliantly performed. Thanks guys !

[@TachyBunker]

Shosta fanboizz

[@lovettboston]

Yes. This is a really good performance. There's so much Russian music I've long admired and enjoyed that, currently, I don't want to hear. For some reason, that isn't the case with Shostakovich, especially some of his late works. A lot of connections have been made between the music and what was happening in the last decade of the composer's life. Maybe the war in Ukraine and political environment in Russia make me think of lines by T.S. Eliot linked with his recollection of the aftermath of bombings in London: "...the cold friction of expiring sense Without enchantment, offering no promise But bitter tastelessness of shadow fruit..." I have not listened to this quartet very often, maybe because, on the surface, it sounded like music Shostakovich had written before. It was a series of short pieces that didn't seem to get traction. Now, I hear something that seems unified, but in which the sense of things falling apart is part the story. The finale is both serene and spooky.

[@IvanGreindl]

Quelle merveilleuse interprétation ! (Ce 11e est un de mes 3 préférés.) Au fond, Shostakovitch était aussi inspiré que Beethoven, en matière de quatuors... !

[@apug296]

4:45 recitativo 7:18 humoreske

[@dion1949]

Do musicians secretly like tough page turns? It does add an element of uncertainty.

[@VincentGiza-Composer]

Not in my experience 😂 tough page turns just make chamber music more frustrating in my experience.

[@MarthinGoianoCello]

6:01 IV ETUDE

[@pdr770]

כמו הטוב שהיה לפני 3-4 נסיונות רק יותר ברגש ב7 וסיום ב1. עם אלג'רטו לשחרזו.

[@PhilMcKelliget]

From eleven onwards the Shostakovich quartets seem to be more intellectual and less upholstered.

[@Walking_Ears]

Eleven in particular really stands out to me. The first time I heard it I was amazed. I didn't realize you could write chamber music that sounded like this until I heard it

[@fredericfrancoischopin6280]

​@@Walking_Earsimagine writing this in the 18th century!