Griller String Quartet

1. Moderato
2. Allegro molto
3. Adagietto espressivo - Allegro moderato
4. Allegro energico

Original title: String Quartet No. 1 in B minor.

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1916.

Movements:
1. Andante moderato — Allegro deciso
2. Allegro frenetico
3. Andante...Read more

Original title: String Quartet No. 1 in B minor.

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1916.

Movements:
1. Andante moderato — Allegro deciso
2. Allegro frenetico
3. Andante molto moderato (Pastorale)
4. Vivace — Allegro con fuoco

Dedicated to the Flonzaley Quartet, which premiered it in New York on 29 December 1916. Recurring thematic material unifies the four movements; the work belongs to the period of Bloch's Jewish cycle.

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Original title: String Quartet No. 2.

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1945.

Movements:
1. Moderato
2. Presto
3. Andante
4. Allegro molto

Dedicated to Alex Cohen....Read more

Original title: String Quartet No. 2.

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1945.

Movements:
1. Moderato
2. Presto
3. Andante
4. Allegro molto

Dedicated to Alex Cohen. Completed at Agate Beach in 1945 and published in 1947. A four-movement cycle balancing concentrated contrapuntal dialogue with a lyrical slow movement.

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Original title: String Quartet No. 3.

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1952.

Movements:
1. Allegro deciso
2. Adagio non troppo
3. Allegro molto
4. Allegro

Dedicated to...Read more

Original title: String Quartet No. 3.

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1952.

Movements:
1. Allegro deciso
2. Adagio non troppo
3. Allegro molto
4. Allegro

Dedicated to the Griller Quartet. Completed in spring 1952 and premiered on 4 January 1953 in New York. The shortest of Bloch's five mature quartets.

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Original title: String Quartet No. 4.

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1953.

Movements:
1. Tranquillo — Allegro energico — Tranquillo
2. Andante
3. Presto — Moderato —...Read more

Original title: String Quartet No. 4.

Scoring: two violins, viola and cello. Composition date: 1953.

Movements:
1. Tranquillo — Allegro energico — Tranquillo
2. Andante
3. Presto — Moderato — Presto
4. Calmo — Allegro deciso — Calmo

Composed at Agate Beach between July and November 1953 and dedicated to Ernest Chapman. Premiered at Wigmore Hall, London, on 18 July 1954. The year 1954 identifies the premiere.

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Original title: Quintett für Pianoforte, zwei Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell.

Scoring: piano, two violins, viola and cello.

Originally written as a string quintet in 1862; that version is...Read more

Original title: Quintett für Pianoforte, zwei Violinen, Bratsche und Violoncell.

Scoring: piano, two violins, viola and cello.

Originally written as a string quintet in 1862; that version is lost. Reworked as the Sonata for two pianos, Op. 34b, in 1863 and as the Piano Quintet in 1864. The final scoring is piano, two violins, viola and cello.

Dedication: Princess Anna of Hesse
(1836–1918)

First performance: 1866-06-22, Leipzig.

Movements / numbers:
1. Allegro non troppo
2. Andante, un poco Adagio
3. Scherzo . Allegro - Trio
4. Finale . Poco sostenuto — Allegro non troppo

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Part of the Op. 71 set, No. 1.

1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Menuetto: Allegretto
4. Finale: Vivace

Part of the Op. 74 set, No. 1.

1. Allegro moderato
2. Andantino grazioso
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Finale: Vivace

Part of the Op. 71 set, No. 2.

1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Andante cantabile
3. Menuetto: Allegro
4. Finale: Allegretto - Vivace

Part of the Op. 71 set, No. 3.

1. Vivace
2. Andante con moto
3. Menuetto - Trio
4. Finale: Vivace

Part of the Op. 74 set, No. 2.

1. Allegro spiritoso
2. Andante grazioso
3. Minuetto - Trio
4. Finale: Presto

Part of the Op. 74 set, No. 3.

1. Allegro non molto
2. Largo assai
3. Minuetto - Trio
4. Finale: Allegro con brio

Haydn’s arrangement of the orchestral version Hob. XX/1A, prepared for Artaria.

1. L`introduzione. Maestoso ed Adagio
2. Sonata I. Largo: “Pater Pater dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid...Read more

Haydn’s arrangement of the orchestral version Hob. XX/1A, prepared for Artaria.

1. L`introduzione. Maestoso ed Adagio
2. Sonata I. Largo: “Pater Pater dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt”
3. Sonata II. Grave e Cantabile: “Hodie mecum hodie mecum eris in Paradiso”
4. Sonata III. Grave: “Mulier ecce filius tuus”
5. Sonata IV. Largo: “Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me?”
6. Sonata V. Adagio: “Sitio”
7. Sonata VI. Lento: “Consumatum est!”
8. Sonata VII. Largo: “In Manus tuas Domine, commendo Spiritum meun”
9. Il terremoto. Presto e con tutta la forza

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Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello, bass.

Composed in 1788.

Fugue - recycling Fugue for 2 pianos KV426

Movements:
1. Adagio
2. Fuga — Allegro

Scoring: horn, violin, 2 violas, cello.

Dated 1782.

Movements:
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Rondo — Allegro

Scoring: 2 violins, viola, cello.

Composed in 1785.

Movements:
1. Adagio – Allegro
2. Andante cantabile
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro molto

Scoring: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello.

Composed c. 1782.

Arrangement by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart.

An arrangement of the Serenade in C minor, K. 388.

Movements:
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Menuetto
4. Allegro

Scoring: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello.

Composed in 1787.

Movements:
1. Allegro
2. Menuetto
3. Andante
4. Allegro

Scoring: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello.

Composed in 1787.

Movements:
1. Allegro
2. Menuetto
3. Adagio ma non troppo
4. Adagio – Allegro