Composition database

This is the Composition Database of BMC, which includes information about works by composers that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary.

Title of the work

Streichquartett Nr. 2 / String quartet No. 2


Composer

Original / Hungarian title
II. vonósnégyes
Foreign language / English title
Streichquartett Nr. 2 / String quartet No. 2
Year of composition
1968

Type
Chamber Music
Number of players
4
Instrumentation
strings: 2 vl., vla., vlc.
Duration
21 min

Movements, parts
1. Allegro nervoso
2. Sostenuto, molto calmo
3. Come un meccanismo di precisione
4. Presto furioso, brutale, tunultuoso
5. Allegro con delicatezza

Premiere information
14 December 1969, Baden-Baden (SWF), Germany; LaSalle-Quartett
Publisher / Source
Schott Music, Mainz © 1971 (renewed in 1999) ED 6639 (study score), ED 6638 (set of parts)
Buy here!
Recordings
Sony CD 88697 61641, 2010 - Arditti String Quartet
1 min. sample
1 1. Allegro nervoso
2 2. Sostenuto, molto calmo
3 3. Come un meccanismo di precisione
4 4. Presto furioso, brutale, tunultuoso
5 5. Allegro con delicatezza