String Quartet No. 6 E flat Major (Formerly #5)

Italian Quartets, Salzburg Divertimenti. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. / Répertoire / Quatuor à Cordes

String Quartets Complete Vol.2 is an impressive collection of 17 of Mozart's String Quartets includes works such as Adagio & Fugue in C minor for Strings K546 Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major K285 Flute Quartet No. 4 in A major K298 Oboe Quartet in F major K370 Serenade No. 13 in G major K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' String Quartet No. 2 in D major K155 String Quartet No. 3 in G major K156 String Quartet No. 4 in C major K157 String Quartet No. 5 in F major K158 String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major K159 String Quartet No. 7 in E flat major K160 and more.

String Quartets Book V op. 33-Edited by George Feder and Sonja Gerlach. String Quartet (Russian Quartet) b minor op. 33 1 Hob. III:37 String Quartet (Russian Quartet) E flat major op. 33 2 Hob.III:38 String Quartet (Bird Quartet) C major op. 33 3 Hob. III:39 String Quartet (Russian Quartet) B flat major op. 33 4 Hob. III:40 String Quartet(Russian Quartet) G major op. 33 5 Hob. III:41 String Quartet (Russian Quartet) D major op. 33 6 Hob. III:42

Set of parts for Franz Joseph Haydn's Complete String Quartets Vol. 3 composed for String quartet. Includes the works Op. 9 No. 1 in C major Op. 9 No. 3 in G major Op. 9 No. 4 in D minor Op. 9 No. 5 in B flat major Op. 9 No. 6 in A major Op. 17 No. 1 in E major Op. 17 No. 2 in F major and more.

Though conceived as four separate movements my second string quartet has a single motif which is common to them all. This is the three-note 'Muss es sein?' from Beethoven's last quartet Op. 135. But whereas Beethoven's theme is notated G E A flat thus giving it an F minor connotation I have sued an alternative spelling - G E G sharp - which suggests an ambiguous E minor-major. This ambiguity in fact becomes the tonal basis of the whole work only to be resolved at the end of the final movement.Each movement begins with a variant of the basic motif on the cello. The first has the original form of the theme while the second has a 'majorised' version which is alsoexpressed as a chord. The third movement with its 'scherzoid' middle section reverts to the major-minor ambiguity of the first and the finale begins with the 'majorised' version as an ostinato accompaniment on pizzicato cello.The slow movement is sub-titled 'In memoriam DSCH' and concludes with a quotation of Shostakovich's motto - D E flat C B - which is basically the same as Beethoven's with the addition of one note.This is not to imply that the work contains no other thematic material. One important theme a rising fifth and a second is also common to three of the movements and is ultimately derived from my first quartet Op. 1 of 27 years earlier to which this second contribution to the form is in many ways like a sequel. Like the earlier work too this quartet is dedicated to my wife.