![]() In the event you like this piece and want to study it, you will need to contact the Martinu museum in Policka to obtain a copy of the autograph because the score has never been published. The Martinu Quartet on Naxos might well be the only one available outside of the Czech Republic. There are very few performances of this piece outside of the Czech Republic and even fewer recordings. If you are looking to play something off the beaten track, something to surprise an audience with (in a positive way) I'd highly recommend Martinu's Three Horsemen. Perhaps the 3rd movement is notable because the instruments are played almost like percussion instruments, a good performance of this movement will put any rock band to shame.īohuslav Martinu, Three Horsemen (Tri Jezdci), a single movement quartet which he composed as a 12 year old, in fact his first composition, an absolutely fascinating piece, quite modern for the year in which it was composed (1902) and all the more mind boggling considering it is a 12 year old country boy's first composition. The other movements of this quartet are also outstanding, each one in a different way. Įrvin Schulhoff, Five pieces for string quartet, especially the 2nd mvmt "Alla Serenata", this has an amazing dynamic, but the musicians have to get it right, some lose the dynamic of the piece.ĭmitri Shostakovich, 3rd quartet, in particular the finale (5th movement) which is a beautiful passacaglia with an amazing buildup to its climax. I used to favour the late Beethoven quartets over anything else and I still cherish them, but I also made some new friends since then.
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