String Quartets, op. 41

Album by Robert Schumann & Eroica Quartet

String Quartets, Op. 41 is a set of three chamber works by German composer Robert Schumann, composed in 1842. They employ Romantic harmonic language and lyrical melodic writing within classical quartet forms, reflecting Schumann's concentrated turn to chamber music during a productive period of his career and occupying a place in the 19th-century string quartet repertoire.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 41 no. 1: I. Introduzione; Andante espressivo
    1:27
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 41 no. 1: II. Stringendo [Bars 30-33]
    0:12
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 41 no. 1: III. Allegro
    7:04
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 41 no. 1: IV. Scherzo. Presto. Intermezzo
    3:58
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 41 no. 1: V. Adagio
    5:53
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 41 no. 1: IV. Presto
    6:34
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 41 no. 2: I. Allegro vivace
    6:06
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 41 no. 2: II. Andante, quasi variazioni
    7:55
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 41 no. 2: III Scherzo. Presto
    3:23
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 41 no. 2: IV. Allegro molto vivace
    7:02
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 41 no. 3: I. Andante espressivo. Allegro molto moderato
    7:27
  12. 12.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 41 no. 3: II. Scherzo. Assai agitato
    6:45
  13. 13.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 41 no. 3: III. Adagio molto
    8:06
  14. 14.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 41 no. 3: IV. Finale. Allegro molto vivace. Quasi Trio
    6:56

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