What are the best editions of String Quartet No. 8 in C minor by Dmitri Shostakovich?

Sikorski (Standard edition, 1961): First published edition. The authoritative performing text used worldwide. Individual parts and full score available. DSCH Publishers (Manashir Yakubov, 2004): Critical Urtext edition based on the autograph, part of the New Collected Works of Dmitri Shostakovich. Boosey & Hawkes (Study score, 1985): Affordable study score with all five movements. Widely used in chamber music courses and quartet study.

String Quartet No. 8 in C minor

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