Composer: Evgeny Kissin

String Quartet Op. 3
Score and Parts
Publisher: Henle Urtext Edition
Category: Band/Orchestra/Ensemble
Series: Henle Music Folios
Format: Softcover

Redolent of the work of Dmitri Shostakovich in its musical language, Evgeny Kissin's String Quartet op. 3 comprises four strongly contrasting movements: on the heels of the stately Adagio liberamente comes an extremely lively Allegro inquieto that wanders between dynamic extremes and bristles with glissandi. The third movement, marked Largo drammatico, is sustained by an insistent, heavily rhythmic dotted motive, while the final movement shifts from the introduction, marked Pensierosamente, ma mantenendo strettamente il ritmo puntato, into a brilliant finale, Molto allegro e sarcastico, that is suffused with elements of fugato and like all movements, informed by dodecaphonic harmonies. This demanding fifteen-minute work was composed in 2015-16 and recorded for the first time on Nimbus Records by the Kopelman Quartet.

Inventory # : 51481183
UPC: 888680986667
ISBN:
Width: 9"
Length: 12"
Height: 0.105"
Product Weight: 0.3 lbs.
Number of Pages: 28