SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet No. 8 in Cminor, Op. 110; Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144.

SHOSTAKOVICH: Quartet No. 8 in C minor,  Op. 110;  Quartet  No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144. Fitzwilliam String Quartet. L’Oiseau-Lyre DSLO 11. Where most composers turn to the string quartet either for their most rarefied formalisĀ­tic distillations or for the relief of …