New detailed foreword by Dvo ák scholar David Beveridge (Eng/Cz/Ger).Dvo ák?s String Quintet in G Op.77 had five movements when it was premiered on 18 March 1876. Its second movement was the Intermezzo from his String Quartet in E minor (1870). Later Dvo ák removed this movement from the Quintet expanded it and published it as a separate Notturno for String Orchestra Op.40. The Intermezzo is included in its original version in the appendix of the score.This edition is based on the Complete Edition of the Works of Anton n Dvo ák the principal source being the first edition of 1888 for which Dvo áksubjected the work to revision.

Score and Parts-A fascinating and deeply personal work from a major contemporary composer. Duration ca. 22 minutes.

Inspired by Contrapunctus 2 from J. S. Bach's The Art of the Fugue. Commissioned by the Bretano String Quartet.

String Quartets op. 41-Although Schumann?s first attempts at composing for this supreme form of chamber music in 1838/39 were only fragments the three String Quartets Op.41 in a minor F major and A major were written inone go in June/July 1842. At the first private performances the audience was enthusiastic and it was Mendelssohn?s praise in particular that occasioned Schumann to dedicate the new works to him.The composerwrote to his publisher in an appropriately confident manner: ?Be assured I have spared no pains in creating something very decent indeed I sometimes think it is my best?. As is generally known today Schumann?sOpus 41 forms part of the core repertoire for quartet players.

Par SUK JOSEF. First scholarly-critical edition The single-movement String Quartet #2 by Josef Suk (1874-1935) was written at the height of his compositional powers. Completed in Krecovice in May 1911, this demanding work, with its complex harmonies and motivic structure, seemed avant-garde for its day: the Berlin premiere of November 1912 was accompanied by protests from the audience. Now Zdenek Nouza has edited the first scholarly-critical edition of this piece. The principal source is the first edition in full score, published by Simrock in Berlin. But Nouza has also consulted the printed parts (containing additions of great interest to performers) as well as the engraver's copy used for the printed score (with autograph corrections from the composer) and additional sources such as sketches. - First Urtext edition - Foreword (Cz/Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng) by the editor/ Répertoire / Conducteur de Poche