Ensemble

> String trios in a variety of genres for intermediate-level players > Rewarding arrangements of both familiar and less well-known pieces from around the world > All parts are technically equal, with...

Alessandro Rolla (1757 - 1841) was a violinist and in his later years loved to play the viola. Thus as a composer he was predestined to write pieces for string trio. For a short time taught violin to...

In the summer of 1888, Edward Elgar's fiancée (and pupil) Caroline Alice Roberts surprised him with the poem 'Love's Grace' written by herself. During a holiday, the composer re-membered the lines and...

I have developed a highly formalised compositional system, which I have been using to write my music for twenty years. Summa is the most strict and enigmatic work in this series, said Arvo Pärt in 199...

All 23 string quartets, plus the alternate slow movement to K. 156. Breitkopf & Hortel ed.

Paramount among the Kronos Quartets' 'translator'-arranger-composers has been Osvaldo Golijov. This collection includes six Golijov arrangements of works originating from Argentina, Cuba, Hungary, Mex...

Vivaldi was a prolific composer, very much a string composer, but also responsible for a wide variety of other work. This selection includes extracts from The Seasons - arguably the composer's most we...

With serious string players this Latvian composer has long been recognized because of his sonorous tonal concepts and his modal, occasionally aleatoric idiom. Works like 'Cantabile per Archi' or 'Musi...

String Quartet No. 5 consists of two contrasting movements. The first movement, being present, immediately leads to an atmosphere of high emotional tension. The prevailing atmospheric elements of the...

Exercises in 7 major keys covering slurred, legato, staccato and détaché bowings.