Aurora String Quartet


Original title: 4 Pieces for String Quartet.

Scoring: 2 × violin and viola and cello.

Dates of individual pieces or versions: 1827 / 1847.

Movements / numbers:
1. Tema con variazioni ....Read more
Original title: 4 Pieces for String Quartet.

Scoring: 2 × violin and viola and cello.

Dates of individual pieces or versions: 1827 / 1847.

Movements / numbers:
1. Tema con variazioni . Andante sostenuto, MWV R 34 (E major, 205 bars, 1847)
2. Scherzo . Allegro leggiero, MWV R 35 (A minor, 149 bars, 1847)
3. Capriccio . Andante con moto, MWV R 32 (E minor, 160 bars, 1843)
4. Fuga . A tempo ordinario, MWV R 23 (E-flat major, 152 bars, 1827)

Dates of individual numbers: 81/1 — 1847; 81/2 — 1847; 81/3 — 1843; 81/4 — 1827. The collection assembles pieces composed in different years, rather than a continuous period of work on a single composition.

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Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.Read moreCollapse
Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.
Original title: String Quartet No.2.

Scoring: 2 × violin and viola and cello. Composition date: 1827.

Movements / numbers:
1. Adagio - Allegro vivace
2. Adagio non lento
3. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto
4. Presto
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Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.Read moreCollapse
Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.
Original title: String Quartet No.3.

Scoring: 2 × violin and viola and cello. Composition date: 1838.

Movements / numbers:
1. Molto allegro vivace
2. Menuetto . Un poco Allegretto
3. Andante...Read more
Original title: String Quartet No.3.

Scoring: 2 × violin and viola and cello. Composition date: 1838.

Movements / numbers:
1. Molto allegro vivace
2. Menuetto . Un poco Allegretto
3. Andante espressivo ma con moto
4. Presto con brio

Dedication: Crown Prince of Sweden ( Oscar I (1799–1859)).

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Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.Read moreCollapse
Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.
Original title: String Quartet No.5.

Scoring: 2 × violin and viola and cello. Composition date: 1838.

Movements / numbers:
1. Allegro vivace
2. Scherzo . Assai leggiero vivace
3. Adagio non...Read more
Original title: String Quartet No.5.

Scoring: 2 × violin and viola and cello. Composition date: 1838.

Movements / numbers:
1. Allegro vivace
2. Scherzo . Assai leggiero vivace
3. Adagio non troppo
4. Molto allegro con fuoco

Dedication: Crown Prince of Sweden ( Oscar I (1799–1859)).

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Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.Read moreCollapse
Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.
Original title: String Quartet No.6.

Scoring: 2 × violin and viola and cello. Composition date: 1847.

Movements / numbers:
1. Allegro vivace assai
2. Allegro assai
3. Adagio
4. Finale. Allegro molto
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Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.Read moreCollapse
Violin – Mariko Smiley, viola – Basil Vendryes, cello - Margaret Tait. Recorded in 1993, California, USA.
For two violins, viola and cello. Commissioned by the Library of Congress; the work ends with a slow finale.

Movements:
1. Allegro
2. Andante molto vivace
3. Andante
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Recorded at Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa (California), USA, February 9-12, 1994.Read moreCollapse
Recorded at Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa (California), USA, February 9-12, 1994.
For two violins, viola and cello. Written during Prokofiev’s stay in Nalchik, using Kabardinian and Balkar folk melodies.

Movements:
1. Allegro sostenuto
2. Adagio
3. Allegro
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Recorded at Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa (California), USA, February 9-12, 1994.Read moreCollapse
Recorded at Fisher Hall, Santa Rosa (California), USA, February 9-12, 1994.
 
 

 
 
     
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