Streich Quintets Volume 2-Mozart has written a total of 6 quintets for 2 violins 2 violas and a cello and here are 3 of them. Parts available on HN778.

For String Quintet (2 Violins 2 Violas and Cello). Premiered by the Medici Quartet with Brian Hawkins (Viola). Score available: SOS01186

Quintet For Strings (1888) by Carl Nielsen. Scored for two Violins two Violas and Cello.

?Because I only need four parts to express everything? Haydn is said to have replied thus when asked why he had not composed a string quintet. Mozart saw things differently. He applied himself to this genre sixtimes even giving important parts to the two Violas. Following Volume II which contains the three most often played quintets we warmly recommend Mozart?s first Quintet K. 174 to ensembles (the 3rd andfinal volume was published in 2008). The editors were able to refer to the autograph which is once again accessible. It shows Mozart?s intensive compositional work resulting in the fact that he composed the minuet andfinale of the work a second time. The first version of both movements is included in the appendix of our edition enabling insightful comparisons.

En 1771, en même temps, deux compositeurs à Madrid, Luigi Boccherini et Gaetano Brunetti ' découverte ' et établi le quintette à cordes comme un nouveau genre musical. Tandis que les oeuvres de Boccherini sont effectuées aujourd'hui encore, le oeuvre de son collègue, membre de l'Orchestre Royal, doit encore être découvert. Son Quintet en si bémol majeur, opus 7/3 fournit une bonne occasion de le faire. Comme des contributions à ce genre de Mozart, il est inscrit pour deux violons, deux altos et violoncelle. Ecrit dans un style concertant, le travail de cinq-mouvement permet de tous les artistes interprètes ou exécutants ont leur mot à dire musical, contenant des figurations solos virtuoses et solos mélodiques. Un ajout précieux au répertoire quintet chaîne - avec un vraiment agréable de jouer et de l'expérience d'écoute garantis ! / 2 Violons, 2 Altos Et Violoncelle

A must for all ambitious String ensembles: this classic of the Henle catalogue has received a great many improvements based on the latest findings of scholarship. After years of research Beethoven‘s completeString Quintets are now available in a thoroughly revised set of parts and an improved appearance on the page. Needless to say the parts are accompanied by a study score (HN 9267).