The town of Gohrisch, where these recordings were made, was once a village first described as a mountain resort in 1875.
Compositional Technique
Central to Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet and Rudolf Barshai's arrangement of it is a motif made from Shostakovich's initials: D-E flat-C-B.
Recording & Production
This album features live recordings from the Internationale Shostakovich Tage Gohrisch, a festival established in Gohrisch, Germany.
Performer Biography
Michail Jurowski, the conductor on this album, met Shostakovich frequently and played piano with him in his youth.
Recording & Production
Some of the recordings on this CD were made in a barn in Gohrisch, which has surprisingly good acoustics and is also used for lectures and exhibitions.
Historical Context
The Shostakovich Festival in Gohrisch expanded in 2012 to include a portrait of Mieczysław Weinberg, a composer closely associated with Shostakovich.
Composition History
Dmitri Shostakovich composed his famous Eighth String Quartet in C minor op. 110 in Gohrisch, the only work he did not write in his native Russia.
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