Shostakovich began work on the piece in the summer of 1940 and completed it on September 14. It was written for the Beethoven Quartet, as were most of his string quartets, and premiered by them with Shostakovich himself at the piano on November 23, 1940 at the Moscow Conservatory, to great success. In 1941, it was awarded the Stalin Prize.
| Date of composition | 1940 (Summer 1940) |
| Premiered | 1940, November 23rd (Moscow Conservatory) in Moscow, Russia by Dmitri Shostakovitch |
| Type | Quintet |
| Tonality | D Minor |
| Catalogue | Op. 57 |
| Approx. duration | 30 minutes |
| Instruments |
String Quartet
Piano |
| Autotranslations beta |
Dmitri Chostakovitch: Quintette pour piano en ré mineur, Op. 57 Dmitrij Šostakovič: Quintetto per pianoforte in re minore, Op. 57 Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Schostakowitsch: Quintett für Klavier d-moll, Op. 57 |