How To Get Into String Quartets:
Examples for Comparative Listening
Dvořák:
Symphony No 9 “From the New World”
String Quartet No. 12 “American”
Shostakovich:
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Chamber Symphony in C minor Op. 110a
String Quartet No. 8 in C minor (Op. 110)
Haydn:
Symphony No. 49 in F minor “La Passione”
String Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 15 in B flat major
String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major K. 458 “The Hunt”
Beethoven:
Symphony No. 6 in F major (“Pastoral”)
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1
