← Chamber music6Variations for String Quartet
For 2 violins, viola, cello
Level 6 · Pre-diploma — about ARSM · RCM 10, with the parts evenly matched
DarkTenderLyricalLesser-known
Listen
- Ensemble
- String quartet
- Hardest part
- Balanced
- Form
- Short piece
- Length
- About 4 min
- Composed
- 1997
- Era
- Contemporary
Notes
Written in 1997, among his last works; recorded on Toccata Classics 'Schnittke: Discoveries'
A step before · level 5
TestamentTigran Mansurian
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
5 min
SlowTenderLesser-known
5balanced
Entr'acteCaroline Shaw
2 violins, viola, cello
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
11 min
TenderDanceWell-known
5balanced
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
24 min
LyricalDarkLesser-known
5balanced
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
3 min
SlowLyricalLesser-known
5violin 1
A step after · level 7
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
11 min
SlowDarkLesser-known
7balanced
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
3 min
SlowTenderLesser-known
7balanced
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
3 min
SlowTenderLesser-known
7balanced
String quartet2 violins, viola, cello
5 min
SlowTenderLesser-known
7balanced
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