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

Op. 110
Mov. 3
Allegretto

Performed by: Kronos String Quartet

Note: I highly recommend playing the next movement as soon as this movement finishes playing. This whole quartet is supposed to be played without stopping. (at least that's how I interpret it)

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Music

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• Shostakovich
• String
• Quartet
• shosty

[polarus99]

dance of the psycopathic clowns

[sitnam44]

This guy makes me want to eat chocolate pie!!!! Omnomnomnomnomnomnom

[setnoset]

piece of madness

[HorusHeresy50]

This is the best version !

[hwuman]

2:05

[shiningbloom9]

My orchestra conductor says that this is the demented circus movement

[amusisized]

describing all the things that were going on at that time so well. and how hard must it have been for shostakovich to stand the constant danger of stalin

[rarararuth]

It's suppose to be Shostakovich take on Stalin and the devil waltzing together, great piece though!

[DafniElissa]

@polarus99 quite realistic!

[violinlb10]

When I listen to this song I don't think of dancing...I think of a carousel going around in circles...with the bodies of strangled clowns hanging from it.

[vapeuri]

...mysterious.I love Shostas music - never heard better sounds

[pingstir]

1:54 has the same melody from the Shostakovich cello concerto No.1

I think that's pretty amazing.