Classical Music for String Quartet

Mansurjan's String Quartet No. 1 (1983-84) takes us 'on the long road of simplicity, on a wonderful journey during which the question whether this music is new or old can be answered very soon: It is...

Spielpartitur

Etwas zurückhaltend was written in 1982 when the composer was a student at the University of Durham. The piece was forgotten until 2009, when MacMillan realised that much within its ideas seemed curre...

Composed in 2007, this 25-minute work was commissioned by Southbank Centre for its Associate Artists, the Takács Quartet. A major addition to the contemporary string quartet repertory, the San Francis...

This publication gathers together three miniatures for string quartet, all composed 'in memoriam' a particular individual. Memento (4 minutes) was written in memory of the composer's friend, David Hun...

Composed in 1988 and revised in 1991, this 28-minute work was commissioned by the University of Glasgow’s McEwen Bequest. The composer stated in 1991, "My first string quartet, Visions of a November S...

Anmerkung des Komponisten:Die Primula vulgaris ist eine in Europa heimische Pflanze, die auch unter dem Namen 'English Primrose' ('Stängellose Schlüsselblume') bekannt und ein willkommener Anblick im...

Inhalt: Direktion und Einzelstimmen Violine 1 + 2, Viola, Violoncello aus den "Vier Jahreszeiten"

Ouverture HWV 351 Inhalt: Direktion und Einzelstimmen Violine 1 + 2, Viola, Violoncello

Inhalt: Direktion und Einzelstimmen Violine 1 + 2, Viola, Violoncello aus dem Notenbüchlein der Anna Magdalena Bach

Inhalt: Direktion und Einzelstimmen Violine 1 + 2, Viola, Violoncello; 1.) Barcarole, Jaques Offenbach, aus der Oper "Hoffmanns Erzählungen" 2.) Lied des Torero, George Bizet, aus der Oper "Carmen"