Atlas
← Chamber music
8

Concerto for String Quartet, Op. 40

Alfredo Casella · 1883–1947 · Italian
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Also known as Concerto per archi, Op. 40 · Concerto per quartetto d'archi
Level 8 · Professional — about LRSM / LTCL · RCM LRCM, with the parts evenly matched
LivelyVirtuosicPlayfulLesser-known

Listen

No recording picked yet.Search YouTube
Ensemble
String quartet
Hardest part
Balanced
Form
Full work
Length
About 28 min
Composed
1923–24
Era
20th century

Notes

Four movements: Sinfonia, Siciliana, Minuetto-Recitativo-Aria and Canzone

About this work

  1. Sinfonia
  2. Siciliana
  3. Mineutto, Reciativo, Aria
  4. Canzone
Score on IMSLP Suggest a correction

A step before · level 7

String Quartet
Jean Françaix
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
12 min
LivelyPlayfulLesser-known
7violin 1
String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 44 No. 3
Felix Mendelssohn
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
33 min
MajorLivelyWell-known
7violin 1
String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
28 min
MajorLivelyWell-known
7balanced
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 23
Malcolm Arnold
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
19 min
PlayfulDramaticLesser-known
7violin 1

A step after · level 9

String Quartet No. 1 ("Métamorphoses nocturnes")
György Ligeti
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
21 min
LivelyDramaticWell-known
9balanced
String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91
Béla Bartók
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
23 min
LivelyDramaticWell-known
9balanced
String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
Béla Bartók
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
15 min
LivelyVirtuosicWell-known
9balanced
String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102
Béla Bartók
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
31 min
LivelyVirtuosicWell-known
9balanced