Partitions difficile pour Ensemble à cordes

These two masterpieces of Mozart are particularly important with regard to his treatment of the Viola. Whilst Haydn's use of the instrument is restricted to that of a harmonic filler and accompaniment...

Parts only for: 2 violins, viola and cello.

Parts only for: 2 violins, viola and cello.

Exciting piece by Tan Dun who is a prize winning composer from Hunan China. This piece tries to draw on Chinese colors and techniques of the Peking Opera.

Born in 1947, Laurent Duvillier-Wable trained under pianist Suzanne Joly and studied composition with Michel Puig. The latter, a student of René Leibowitz, introduced him to the mysteries of Schönberg...

Born in 1947, Laurent Duvillier-Wable trained under pianist Suzanne Joly and studied composition with Michel Puig. The latter, a student of René Leibowitz, introduced him to the mysteries of Schönberg...

The second of the Quartets commissioned by the Naxos label was completed in January 2003. This work swings between nervous virtuosic energy to the serene calm of an extended Lento, with exotic harmoni...

The Full Score for Peter Maxwell Davies' fourth in a series of ten string quartets commissioned by the Naxos Recording company, first performed by the Maggini Quartet on 20th August 2004 at the Chapel...

This is the full score of Aheym for String Quartet, composed by Bryce Dessner, best known as the guitarist of The National, but also an acclaimed composer in his own right. Composed in 2009 for the Kr...

Among the master's most exalted compositions, these selections include String Quartets No. 12 in E-flat, Op. 127; No. 13 in B-flat, Op. 130; No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131; No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 13...

The years from 1935 to 1950 were difficult ones for Elliot Carter. Wide recognition came only in 1951, when he was forty-three, with this work The First String Quartet. This work features diversified...

Schoenberg composed his Fourth String Quartet, Op. 37, on a commission from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. The four movements of the quartet are based on a single, twelve-note row, although this is fairl...

Bloch was 73 years old when the String Quartet No. 3 was premiered in 1953 by the Griller Quartet. It is far more 'pared-down' than his earlier works, and avoids the influence of Jewish music which he...

This piece was commissioned by the Stanley String Quartet in 1958 and completed in 1959. It was awarded the Pulitzer prize in 1960. Scored for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello.

This 4 movement work was inspired by weather patterns that occured one day while the composer was looking out his window in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

This string quartet was commissioned by the Lincoln Centre for the Performing Arts for the Cleveland Quartet.

The Composer writes: 'In February 1987 I saw in the Tate Gallery in London a painting by the Victorian English painter John William Waterhouse. The painting kept haunting my memory, and as I at the sa...