Emerson String Quartet: Shostakovich, Op. 117 No. 9 in E-flat major (1964)

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September 1906 - 9 August 1975)
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Emerson String Quartet:
www.emersonquartet.com/
Philip Setzer, 1st Violin (Nicolas Lupot, Orléans 1793)
Eugene Drucker, 2nd Violin (Antonio Stradivari, Cremona 1686)
Lawrence Dutton, Viola (Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, Milano 1796)
David Finckel, Cello (Sam Zygmuntowizk, Brooklyn 1993)
The piece has five movements, which are played without pause:
Moderato con moto - 0:00
Adagio - 4:24
Allegretto - 8:11
Adagio - 12:14
Allegro - 15:14
(Live recordings from the ASPEN MUSIC FESTIVAL)

[@jdallessandro]

highest peak in string quartet literature

[@user-ff9bs6yg3n]

maybe also the finest played of the Emerson series? (I haven't heard them all yet so maybe I'm wrong?..)

[@slateflash]

The Emersons' finest is quartet 5 imo

[@user-ff9bs6yg3n]

slateflash thanks, I will check it 👍

[@mikeg2924]

Emerson pretty much rules in this space, except for Borodin too... we are very lucky to have both.

[@OperaCantata]

Brilliant!

[@torterrakart7249]

At 16:28 the violist does those double stops: E natural (D string) and G natural (G string), like the previous bar, but the I have a score where there it puts E nautral (D string) and D flat (A string).
Does anyone know why it is different?

[@BritinIsrael]

Torterra kart nit picking