The 50 Most Famous String Quartets

1. 1
   Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D Minor, D.810 "Death and the Maiden": I. Allegro
   16:06
2. 2
   String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76, No. 3 "Emperor": II. Poco adagio cantabile
   8:14
3. 3
   Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 "Dissonant": I. Adagio - Allegro
   8:18
4. 4
   Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 "American": IV. Finale. Vivace ma non troppo
   5:33
5. 5
   String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11: II. Andante cantabile
   6:33
6. 6
   String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
   3:03
7. 7
   Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, L. 85: II. Assez vif et bien rythmé
   3:46
8. 8
   Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
   3:03
9. 9
   Janáček: String Quartet No. 2, JW VII/13 "Intimate Letters": I. Andante - con moto - Allegro
   6:33
10. 10
    String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102: I. Allegro
    7:33
11. 11
    Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27: I. Un poco andante - Allegro molto ed agitato
    11:54
12. 12
    String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno. Andante
    7:28
13. 13
    Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: I. Allegro moderato
    8:28
14. 14
    Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133
    15:25
15. 15
    Mozart: Divertimento in D Major, K. 136: III. Presto
    3:30
16. 16
    Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 "From my Life": I. Allegro vivo appassionato
    7:26
17. 17
    String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 "Rasumovsky": I. Allegro
    10:54
18. 18
    String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114: III. Mesto. Burletta
    7:18
19. 19
    Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575: I. Allegretto
    7:05
20. 20
    String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": I. Poco adagio - Allegro
    8:03
21. 21
    Janáček: String Quartet No. 1, JW VII/8 "Kreutzer Sonata": I. Adagio con moto
    4:58
22. 22
    Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D.887: I. Allegro molto moderato
    14:41
23. 23
    String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64, No. 5 "Lark": II. Adagio. Cantabile
    6:13
24. 24
    String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: III. Molto adagio
    16:13
25. 25
    String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 44, No. 2: I. Allegro assai appasionato
    7:27
26. 26
    String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3: I. Allegro
    5:58
27. 27
    Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 50: I. Allegro
    7:17
28. 28
    String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro
    6:54
29. 29
    String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 No. 1: I. Allegro moderato
    5:45
30. 30
    Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C Minor, D.703 "Quartettsatz"
    11:03
31. 31
    String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 "Rasumovsky": III. Allegretto
    7:25
32. 32
    Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto
    5:33
33. 33
    String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74, No. 3 "Rider": I. Allegro
    5:13
34. 34
    String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4: I. Allegro, ma non tanto
    7:07
35. 35
    String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4: II. Un poco adagio affetuoso
    8:48
36. 36
    Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 51, No. 1: II. Romanze. Poco adagio
    7:45
37. 37
    Dvořák: String Quartet No. 8 in E Major, Op. 80: I. Allegro
    8:31
38. 38
    Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 44, No. 1: I. Molto allegro vivace
    9:15
39. 39
    String Quartet No. 17 in B-Flat Major, K. 458 "Hunt": I. Allegro vivace assai
    8:37
40. 40
    String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 "Rasumovsky": II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
    8:38
41. 41
    String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird": I. Allegro moderato
    6:54
42. 42
    Cage: String Quartet in Four Parts: II. Slowly Rocking - Autumn
    5:06
43. 43
    Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51, No. 2: I. Allegro non troppo
    9:21
44. 44
    String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    3:06
45. 45
    Prokofiev: String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 92 "Kabardinian": I. Allegro sostenuto
    6:05
46. 46
    Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E-Flat Major, K. 428 "Haydn-Quartet III": II. Andante con moto
    6:12
47. 47
    Sibelius: String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 56 "Voces intimae": V. Allegro
    5:18
48. 48
    Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40: I. Lento
    9:15
49. 49
    Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 67: IV. Poco allegretto con variazioni
    10:19
50. 50
    String Quartet in F Major, Op. 3, No. 5 "Serenade Quartet": II. Serenade. Andante cantabile
    3:53

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