Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor (V)

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Uploaded by on Dec 1, 2007

Op. 110
Mov. 5
Largo

Performed by: Emerson String Quartet

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  • Sadness, beauty, and darkness spiraling together and flowing like a river.

    Listen carefully. Shostakovitch knew how to make time stand still.

    Truly cathartic.

  • There aren't any like him. And there never will be either. Man, I love this quartet...

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  • @awhitenredd I understand, assumption is the unforseeable flaw of mankind.

  • The saddest music ever written. R.I.P DSCH.

  • Shostakovich wrote this while he was hiding in cabin in the woods after a confrontationover his 4 th symphony. This piece was intended to be his suicide note. Stolin had threatened to kill Shostakovich and everyone he loved if he didnt write music that support stolin. The piece reflects his emotions as he contemplated suicide. If you enjoy his music i highly recommend readin his book testimony and learning more about his life

  • this is my favorite movement. the emotion is tangible

  • what quartet is playing this?

  • This video contains content from UMG. It is not available in your country.

    Sorry about that.

  • Shostakovich wrote this as his epitaph becase at the time he planned to kill himself.

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