Great string quartets?

[Catmando]

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to know some other great string quartet compositions (other than Beethoven's, which I am listening to Op. 130 as we speak)?

I just love the Quartetto Italiano Beethoven recordings that I have!

I would like to explore more famous string quartets by other composers. I know Haydn was considered the creator of this genre.

I hear Haydn, Mozart and Schubert, along with Beethoven's string quartets, are some of the best composers of string quartets.

Thanks for your feedback!

Ray

[shostakovich]

Hi Ray. My "fab four", in order, are:

Dvorak #6 (American)
Borodin #2 ( 2nd and 3rd movements used in Kismet)
Tchaikovsky #1 (Andante cantabile movement well known)
Smetana #1 ( From My Life)

Shos

[Bones]

Shos,

Although the numbering of Dvorak's works is often inconsistent, I think that the current numbering for his Opus 96 "American" Quartet is Quartet #12.

This is also one of my all-time favorites.

[shostakovich]

I stand corrected ---------------- again.