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The sources for this new edition of Britten's String Quartet No.3 was the original manuscript, a photocopy of the manuscript in progress, Rosamund Strode's fair copy. The Quartet was written for the A...

String Quartet No.2 Op. 118 by Malcolm Arnold was first performed at the 1976 Aldeburgh Festival by the Allegri Quartet. This new edition has been arranged for two violins, viola and cello.

In his Kongsgaard Variations (2006), Swedish composer Anders Hillborg takes the Arietta-theme from Beethoven's last piano-sonata, No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 as the basis for an evocative 16-minute stri...

In his Kongsgaard Variations (2006), Swedish composer Anders Hillborg takes the Arietta-theme from Beethoven's last piano-sonata, No. 32 in C minor Op. 111 as the basis for an evocative 16-minute stri...

Thomas Adès's second work for string quartet, The Four Quarters was written for the Emerson Quartet and was premiered by them at Carnegie Hall in 2011. The winner of the 2012 British Composer Award fo...

Thomas Adès's second work for string quartet, The Four Quarters was written for the Emerson Quartet and was premiered by them at Carnegie Hall in 2011. The winner of the 2012 British Composer Award fo...

Premiered by the Takács String Quartet in 2004, Carl Vine's String Quartet No.4 is a dark and pensive work. Split into two equal parts, this acerbic 15-minute exploration of conflict without re...

Premiered by the Takács String Quartet in 2004, Carl Vine's String Quartet No. 4 is a dark and pensive work. Split into two equal parts, this acerbic 15-minute exploration of conflict without r...

Malcolm Arnold's String Quartet No. 2 followed some 30 years after his first: it was completed in Dublin in August 1975 and first performed by the Allegri Quartet the following year at the 29th Aldebu...

Described by its composer as 'a fantasia', Carl Vine's dramatic String Quartet No.5 (2007) contains six clear sections but like much of his music is cast in one continuous movement. There is some repe...

Described by its composer as 'a fantasia', Carl Vine's dramatic String Quartet No.5 (2007) contains six clear sections but like much of his music is cast in one continuous movement. There is some repe...

Concerto in D minor RV 565 Op.3 No. 11 (Complete) arranged for Violin Ensemble. As specified in the Edexcel AS/A Level Music specification. From Area of Study 2: Instrumental Music. Available to print...

Playing score of To Meadows composed by Peter Sculthorpe, in digital sheet music format.

Immerse yourself in the captivating sound world of Thomas Adès' masterpiece Arcadiana. This extraordinary composition for string quartet (two violins, viola, and cello) is widely recognized as one of...

Immerse yourself in captivating soundscapes with 'Arcadiana', one of the most celebrated contemporary chamber music masterpieces composed by Thomas Adès. This seven-movement string quartet takes perfo...

Discover a captivating masterpiece of British chamber music: the Phantasy Quartet (Original Version) by Imogen Holst, published by the renowned Faber Music. Scored for standard string quartet—two viol...

. . . a lovely work, wistful, yearning, elusive, and full of atmosphere. Central Western Daily (E. M. W.), 2 June 1976

. . an unmistakeable Australian accent in its throbbing phrases for low strings and in the dream-time patience of drawn-out melodies, which can only be called... though the word is in disrepute among...

Peter Sculthorpe Third Sonata for Strings "Jabiru Dreaming" (1994) I Deciso II Liberamente - Estatico Programme note Following a visit to Kakadu National Park in 1989, the indigenous music of northern...

The term 'Canzona' is used here in it's broadest possible sense as a 'song for instruments'. As the simplest of starting points the chamber orchestra is viewed as a collection of 'singing' instruments...

Carl Vine's third string quartet was commissioned by the Smith Quartet (London) and first performed by them in the 1994 Brighton Festival. In 2000 the Goldner String Quartet played the work at the ope...