It was for Philadelphia's Musical Fund Society's chamber work competition that Szymanowski wrote his String Quartet No. 2 Op. 56 in the autumn of 1927. The Quartet did not win, the two ex aequo ...

The FLUX String Quartet, William & Mary’s Artist-in-Residence for 2010-11, will close out its academic-year concerts by performing Morton Feldman’s six-hour-long test of endurance and style, the ...

Alexander Borodin's String Quartet No.2 in D Major: III. Nocturne. A celebration of aging with Alexander Borodin's String Quartet No.2 in D Major: III. Nocturne at the Weisman Art Museum. Quartet ...

Tom Service's quirky take on the world of classical music. Today he explores the most celebrated of chamber ensembles, the string quartet. Show more Why is a chamber ensemble of two violins, viola and ...

HERE'S an imperative for CD collectors and fans of the Scottish Ensemble. Released tomorrow is the orchestra's first recording on Linn Records in a decade. It is a stonker, with a characteristically ...