Partitions de Oxford University Press pour Quatuor ŕ cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle

Par WALTON WILLIAM. Performing edition of Walton's Piano Quartet, first published in 1918 and one of his first compositions to have survived. The work was later revised by Walton in 1974-5, and this edition is based on the score published in the Walton Edition Chamber Music volume./ RĂ©pertoire / Quatuor Ă  Cordes

This single-movement quartet was commissioned by the Cardiff University Quartet on 25 April 1968. It was dedicated to Mathias' colleague and composer Alun Hoddinott and his wife Rhiannon.

Berkeley's second string quartet uses a free random presentation of thematic material. There is a sharp contrast between the tight and rhythmic central section and the final passage which dispenses with barlines altogether providing a fascinating journey through interrelated and continuous sections.

This four-movement work represents the composer's desire 'to write a piece of real chamber music intimate and conversational in tone drawing the listener into its worlds'. The result he writes 'is a rather inward-looking reflective work not without a capricious aspect but only occasionally raising its voice.'.

Mathias' third and final quartet was commissioned by the 1986 Harrogate International Festival and premiered there in August that year by the Medici Quartet. It has three movements: the first takes the form of a sonata the second starts off as mysterious and lyrical and moves into a fiery climax and the third uses exciting fugal passages and 'scherzando' sections which make for a thrilling conclusion.

Performing edition of Walton's String Quartet in A minor based on the edition published in the Walton Edition Chamber Music volume. The work was first performed in 1947 and later revised as the Sonata for String Orchestra.

Finnissy's Third String Quartet is the composer's response to the natural world and man's place in it. The work incorporates birdsong both transcribed and recorded and the instruments gradually fade out at the end of the work to leave only the sound of birds.