Edited from the First Edition.
First Edition Edited from the autograph.
According to Stamitz, Hofmann was the 'only one who in the movement has endeavored to give the flute traverso the lightness and the song', 'this with seriousness and complaisance'.
The unusually short Suite in just four movements Allegretto - Menuetto - Gavotte - Courante. Presto is both brilliantly written for the two instruments and very entertaining.
Edited from the first edition
First Edition
These gems of early classical quartet art are now available again for the first time as a complete edition, with the 'discovery' of a 7th quartet. Required reading!
Bernhard Romberg's op.38 is a stroke of luck for all cellists. The never-ending singing of the soloist experiences a virtuoso climax in the 3rd Trio: At its finest.
