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(Half of) Quatuor Zaïde on Reich and Dessner
25th Jun 2026
The quartet's two violinists discuss their new EP of contemporary compositions for string quartet, by Minimalist titan Steve Reich and his sometime pupil Bryce Dessner (perhaps better-known for his work with rock band the National).
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The Isidore Quartet on 'Adorations'
17th Jun 2026
The quartet's members discuss the works that comprise their debut album, and the influence of earlier generations of quartets on their own musicmaking.
Popular Composers: String Quartets
- Bartók, Béla (1881–1945)
- Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770–1827)
- Berg, Alban (1885–1935)
- Boccherini, Luigi (1743–1805)
- Borodin, Alexander Porfiryevich (1833–87)
- Brahms, Johannes (1833–97)
- Britten, Benjamin (1913–76)
- Debussy, Claude Achille (1862–1918)
- Dvořák, Antonín (1841–1904)
- Glass, Philip (b.1937)
- Grieg, Edvard Hagerup (1843–1907)
- Haydn, Franz Joseph (1732–1809)
- Janáček, Leoš (1854–1928)
- Mendelssohn, Felix (1809–47)
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756–91)
- Puccini, Giacomo (1858–1924)
- Ravel, Maurice (1875–1937)
- Schoenberg, Arnold (1874–1951)
- Schubert, Franz Peter (1797–1828)
- Schumann, Robert (1810–56)
- Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906–75)
- Sibelius, Jean (1865–1957)
- Smetana, Bedrich (1824–84)
- Stravinsky, Igor Feodorovich (1882–1971)
- Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich (1840–93)
- Verdi, Giuseppe (1813–1901)
- Villa-Lobos, Heitor (1887–1959)
- Webern, Anton (1883–1945)
- Weinberg, Mieczyslaw (Moisei) Samuilovich (1919–96)
- Wolf, Hugo (1860–1903)
Popular Works: String Quartets
- Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 (182)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1 (147)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2 (138)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3 (146)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 (142)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5 (137)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 (132)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 'Rasumovsky No. 1' (156)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Rasumovsky No. 2' (158)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3' (155)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp' (168)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso' (200)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127 (159)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130 (157)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 (168)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 (173)
- Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 (189)
- Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 (102)
- Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 (102)
- Brahms: String Quartet No. 3 in B flat major, Op. 67 (83)
- Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10 (139)
- Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 'American' (130)
- Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' (76)
- Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' (76)
- Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13 (88)
- Mozart: String Quartet No. 14 in G major, K387 'Spring' (99)
- Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D minor, K421 (99)
- Mozart: String Quartet No. 16 in E flat, K428 (74)
- Mozart: String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt' (93)
- Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' (118)
- Mozart: String Quartet No. 21 in D major, K575 'Prussian No. 1' (78)
- Puccini: Crisantemi, SC65 (110)
- Ravel: String Quartet in F major (149)
- Schubert: String Quartet No. 12 in C minor (fragment), D703 ‘Quartettsatz' (127)
- Schubert: String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D804 'Rosamunde' (93)
- Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' (200)
- Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887 (90)
- Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73 (71)
- Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 (107)
- Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11 (71)
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New. Emilie Mayer: String Quartets Vol. 2
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Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Manfred Honeck
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2023, Recording of the Month
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Grammy Awards, 66th Awards (2024), Nominee - Best Engineered Classical Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Presto Recording of the Week, 29th December 2023
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 4-6
Chiaroscuro Quartet
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-3
Chiaroscuro Quartet
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Record Review, Records of the Year 2021
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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