It is a bit of a paradox: one of Dragonetti's favourite pieces and also his showpiece, "The Famous Solo", originally for double bass and orchestra, is largely unknown today. This cannot be down to the
Edited by Peter Jost. Piano fingering by Klaus Schilde. For trumpet, string quintet & piano. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger., Fr. ... view details
Edited by Ulrich Kraemer. For strings. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger., Fr. and Eng. Includes critical commentary. Set of parts. Study score available.
Schubert's composition of a new string quartet begun in December 1820 was, alas, never to get beyond the first movement; the heavily reworked autograph breaks off at the outset of the second movement. But
The Quartet in A minor is one of the chamber music works with which Schubert wanted to "pave the way to the great symphony" in spring 1824. At the same time he was paving his way to a wider audience, as the
Composed in autumn of 1881, Opus 61 is the last of Dvorak's 'middle" quartets by chronology for which Beethoven and Schubert served as the most significant models. Beethoven's influence, from thematic
After the success of his Slavonic Dances in 1878, Dvorak received a request for a string quartet in "Slavonic style." In this piece, each of the four movements is informed by melodies and rhythms in the
Edited by Peter Jost. For string quartet. Urtext Edition, based on the first edition, published by Simrock in 1896. Preface in Ger., Fr. and Eng. Includes critical notes. Set of parts.
Redolent of the work of Dmitri Shostakovich in its musical language, Evgeny Kissin's String Quartet op. 3 comprises four strongly contrasting movements: on the heels of the stately “Adagio
Alban Berg's String Quartet can be considered to be one of the founding works of the Second Viennese School. Already composed in 1910 and first published in 1920, it was the last composition the
Edited by Ernst Herttrich. For string quartet. Urtext Edition. Preface in Ger., Fr. ... view details
After Volumes IV and III of the series with Mozart's complete string quartets appeared as Henle Urtext editions in early 2017 and 2019 respectively, Mozart expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert now presents Volume