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Fitzwilliam Quartet.

Shostakovich composed his String Quartet No. 3 in F major, op. 73, in 1946 after his Symphony No. 9 was censured by Soviet authorities. It was premiered in Moscow by the Beethoven Quartet, to whom it is dedicated, in December 1946.

The quartet has five movements:

0:00 Allegretto
6:41 Moderato con moto
11:35 Allegro non troppo
15:36 Adagio -
21:17 Moderato