Volume One Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op.18, No. 1 Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op.18, No. 2 Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op.18, No. 3 Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op.18, No. 4 Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op.18, No. 5 Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op.18, No. 6 Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 Volume Two Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 74 Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 Quartet No. 12 in E-flat Major, Op. 127 Quartet No. 13 in B-flat Major, Op. 130 Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132 Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135 Grosse Fuge in B-flat Major, Op. 133

Surtout célèbre comme compositeur d'opéra, de Donizetti est donc le représentant italien le plus important du genre du quatuor à cordes. Si les premiers quatuors peuvent être considérées comme des expériences du jeune compositeur avec une forme strictement classique, les pièces intermédiaires et plus tard sont des expressions sans équivoque d'un esprit mature musicaleLes Quatuors à cordes n o. 1-6 compléter les deux volumes déjà publiés (n o 7-12, 13-18), pour la première fois, les éditions présenter un complet, texte critique musicale éditée. / 2 Violons, Alto Et Violoncelle / 140 pages / Partition

Mainly famous as an opera composer Donizetti is also the most important Italian representative of the string quartet genre. If the first quartets can be regarded as experiments of the young composer with a strictly classical form the intermediate and later pieces are unmistakable expressions of a mature musical mind.The String Quartets Nos. 1-6 complete the two volumes already published (Nos. 7–12 13–18); for the first time the editions present a complete critically edited musical text.

String Quartets Book III op. 17-The autograph score of the Quartets op. 17 was in the possession of the imperial police chief Johann Nepomuk Neuwirth whose widow gave it to the Wiener Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 1875. It is said thatHaydn ?used to play the viola in quartet rehearsals? at the Neuwirth?s house. Whether the Quartets op. 17 were composed for these gatherings can no longer be ascertained. However even today they stillhave a fixed place amongst the music of all chamber music friends and in particular nos. 4 5 and 6 which are very different to the divertimento style of the early quartets are played again and again.