Proverbs 4

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

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

"Harmony, bliss, music of Raphaelesque beauty! and yet in its simplicity, how wonderfully artistically everything is done." This is how Theodor Billroth enthused about the first String Quartet op. 88 by his

Critical Urtext edition. Set of parts only: Violin I, Violin II, Viola I, Viola II, Violoncello I, and Violoncello II.