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Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 op.110: Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto

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About "Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 op.110: Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto" by Chilingirian Quartet

Shostakovich's Allegro molto is a nervous system set to music. The quartet jabs and darts, each phrase a twitch of anxiety. The tension is pure, unmediated—calm is nowhere to be found, only the frantic energy of a mind that cannot stop its own momentum.