Established in 1989, the St. Lawrence String Quartet has developed an undisputed reputation as a truly world class chamber ensemble. The quartet performs over 120 concerts annually worldwide and calls Stanford University home, where the group is Ensemble in Residence. The SLSQ continues to build its reputation for imaginative and spontaneous music-making, through an energetic commitment to the great established quartet literature as well as the championing of new works by such composers as John Adams, Osvaldo Golijov, Eziquiel Vinao, and Jonathan Berger.

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Recordings

Shostakovich: String Quartets Nos. 3, 7, and 8
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Shostakovich String Quartets:

String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73

I: Allegretto
II: Moderato con moto
III: Allegro non troppo
IV: Adagio
V: Moderato

String Quartet No. 7 in f# minor, Op. 108

I: Allegretto
II: Lento
III: Allegro

String Quartet No. 8 in c minor, Op. 110

I: Largo
II: Allegro molto
III: Allegretto
IV: Largo
V: Largo