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string quartet

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Description

A string quartet features four string instruments—typically two violins, viola, and cello—performing together in refined chamber music tradition. Rooted in Classical-era European composition, this intimate format showcases intricate interplay between voices, from Haydn's elegant dialogues to modern experimental interpretations. The sound balances formal sophistication with emotional depth, whether exploring canonical masterworks or contemporary arrangements.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
63		1927	String Quartet	String Quartet Tribute to New Order and Joy Division	string quartet
65		1956	Charles Ives	IVES: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2	american classical string quartet	american classical # 88
74		1967	Maurice Ravel	FAURE / RAVEL: String Quartets	classical piano string quartet	classical piano # 66
91		1969	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Mozart: String Quartets	classical string quartet
20		1975	Ludwig van Beethoven	Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets	classical string quartet
29		1975	Ludwig van Beethoven	BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 132 and H. 34	classical string quartet
56		1975	Ludwig van Beethoven	Beethoven:The String Quartets	classical string quartet
57		1975	Ludwig van Beethoven	Beethoven: The String Quartets	classical string quartet
66		1975	Ludwig van Beethoven	Beethoven: Complete String Quartets	classical string quartet
77		1975	Ludwig van Beethoven	BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 18, Nos. 3 and 4
25		1976	Antonín Dvořák	Dvorak, A.: String Quartets, Vol. 5 (Vlach Quartet) - Cypresses / String Quartet Movement in F Major / 2 Waltzes / Gavotte
32		1977	Luigi Boccherini	BOCCHERINI: String Quartets, Opp. 32 and 39
89		1979	Alban Berg Quartett	Beethoven: The Late String Quartets	beethoven classical germany string quartet	germany # 61 beethoven # 91
14		1979	Franz Schubert	Streichquartette D 94 - D 18 - D 74	string quartet
21		1981	Luigi Boccherini	Boccherini: String Quartets Op. 32, Nos. 3-6
28		1985	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	MOZART: String Quartets, K. 499, 'Hoffmeister' and K. 590, 'Prussian No. 3'
81		1987	Bedřich Smetana	SMETANA: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2	czech string quartet	czech # 37
3		1987	Alban Berg Quartett	Beethoven: String Quartets	string quartet
43		1987	Alban Berg Quartett	Haydn - String Quartets, Op 76 Nos 2-4
24		1991	Ludwig van Beethoven	Streichquartette - String Quartets - op. 59 No. 1 »Rasumowsky« - op. 131	beethoven string quartet	beethoven # 23
53		1991	Franz Schubert	Schubert - Quartets	string quartet
60		1991	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	MOZART: String Quartets, K. 80, K. 155, K. 157 and K. 387
16		1992	Alban Berg Quartett	Alban Berg Quartett - A Tribute	string quartet
41		1992	Alban Berg Quartett	Janácek: String Quartets	string quartet
12		1992	Ludwig van Beethoven	BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 59, No. 2, 'Rasumovsky' and Op. 74, 'Harp'
100		1992-02-14	Kronos Quartet	Pieces of Africa	string quartet
15		1993	Béla Bartók	Bartók: Complete String Quartets	chamber string quartet	chamber # 81
11		1993-03-15	John Cage	The Complete String Quartets, Volume 2 (Arditti Quartet)
23		1994	Felix Mendelssohn	Mendelssohn: String Quartets Vol. 2	classical string quartet
61		1994	Soweto String Quartet	Zebra Crossing	african string quartet world
62		1995	The String Quartet	Tribute To The Smiths	contemporary classical string quartet strings	strings # 43
49		1995	Borodin Quartet	Schubert: String Quintet	classical string quartet
69		1995	Emerson String Quartet	Beethoven: The String Quartets	classical string quartet
5		1996	Johannes Brahms	String Quartets Op. 51,1; Op. 51,2
19		1996-04-17	Alban Berg Quartett	Haydn/Berio - String Quartets	string quartet
79		1998	Leoš Janáček	String Quartets No.1 & 2 (Pavel Wallinger Quartet)	classical string quartet instrumental	chamber # 35 czech classical # 89
18		1998	Felix Mendelssohn	Mendelssohn: The Complete String Quartets	classical string quartet
10		1999	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to Velvet Underground & Nico	string quartet
38		2000-07-07	Vitamin String Quartet	Rumors: The String Quartet Tribute To Fleetwood Mac	string quartet
13		2001	Vitamin String Quartet	Dreams: the String Quartet Tribute to Enya	string quartet
68		2001	Emerson String Quartet	Bach: The Art Of Fugue	classical string quartet
33		2001	The Chilingirian Quartet	Mozart: The Last Four String Quartets, Volume 2 K.589 & 590
6		2001-06-19	Vitamin String Quartet	No Doubt, The String Quartet Tribute to
42		2002	Alban Berg Quartett	Beethoven: Late String Quartets	beethoven string quartet	beethoven # 38
7		2002	Emerson String Quartet	The Emerson Encores	classical string quartet
30		2002	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to John Lennon	string quartet
96		2002	Kronos Quartet	Caravan	string quartet
1		2002	Gloria Coates	String Quartets Nos. 1, 5 and
27		2002	Gloria Coates	Coates, G.: String Quartets Nos. 1, 5 and 6
72		2002-04-30	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to Switchfoot	string quartet
31		2002-04-30	Vitamin String Quartet	Morrissey, The String Quartet Tribute to
58		2002-08-13	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute To David Bowie	string quartet
44		2003	Borodin Quartet	Beethoven - String Quartets	string quartet
64		2003-03-18	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to The Rolling Stones	string quartet
37		2003-08-12	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to Fleetwood Mac	string quartet
36		2004	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds	string quartet
39		2004	Robert Schumann	SCHUMANN: String Quartets Nos. 1-3	classical string quartet
75		2004	Vitamin String Quartet	Blizzard of Strings: The VSQ Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne	string quartet
26		2004-04-20	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to KISS	string quartet
55		2004-10	John Zorn	Magick	contemporary classical string quartet
34		2005	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to No Doubt: The Singles 1992 - 2003	string quartet
94		2005	Borodin Quartet	Borodin Quartet 60th Anniversary	classical string quartet
90		2005-03-28	Balanescu Quartet	Maria T	contemporary classical string quartet
71		2005-04-19	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to The Smiths	string quartet
78		2005-04-19	Vitamin String Quartet	String Quartet Tribute To The Pixies	string quartet
87		2005-04-19	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to the Killers	string quartet
2		2005-05-10	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute to The Who: Tommy	string quartet
70		2006	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Tribute to Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1	string quartet
73		2006	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Tribute to Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 2	string quartet
54		2007-07-31	Vitamin String Quartet	The String Quartet Tribute To Bad Religion	chillout instrumental string quartet
99		2007-08-21	The Section Quartet	Fuzzbox	string quartet
40		2007-12-25	El Club De Tobi	Marimbondo	instrumental string quartet
17		2008	The Smith Quartet	Philip Glass: Complete String Quartets	string quartet
51		2008	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Performs Taylor Swift's Safe & Sound	string quartet
76		2008	Caspar da Salo Quartet	Haydn: String Quartet No.53 in D Major Op.64/5 H. 3/63 "Lark"	classical string quartet
88		2009	Vitamin String Quartet	VSQ Film School: Cult Classics and Indie Favs	classical contemporary classical string quartet
8		2010	Borromeo String Quartet	RAVEL-String Quartet and Sonata for Violin and Cello	classical piano sonata string quartet	sonata # 73
47		2010	Quatuor Ébène	Mozart String Quartets	string quartet
98		2010-09-04	Vitamin String Quartet	VSQ Performs Lady Gaga	string quartet strings	strings # 92
92		2012-01-31	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Performs Blink 182	string quartet
59		2013	Vitamin String Quartet	Alternative Hits of the 80's and 90's Vol. 1	string quartet
83		2013	Vitamin String Quartet	VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits 2012 Vol. 1	string quartet
95		2013	Vitamin String Quartet	VSQ Performs Modern Rock Hits 2012 Volume 2	string quartet
84		2013-11-25	Kronos Quartet	Terry Riley - Cadenza On The Night Plain	string quartet
35		2014	Henryk Górecki	Kronos Quartet	contemporary classical orchestral string quartet
80		2014-04-19	Vitamin String Quartet	The Gothic Wedding Collection	string quartet
82		2023-04-22	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Performs Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto	string quartet
85		2023-04-22	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Beatles Vol.2	string quartet
93		2023-04-22	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Performs The Hits of 2012 Vol.1	string quartet
97		2023-04-22	Vitamin String Quartet	Vitamin String Quartet Performs Adele	string quartet
52		2024-05-17	Helmut Lachenmann	Streichquartette	contemporary classical germany string quartet
22			DJ Spooky feat. the Telos Ensemble	Madame Freedom - The Re-Score	electronic jazz korea soundtrack string quartet	korea # 21
45			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica N.3	baroque chillout classical classical composer composer contemporary classical string quartet strings waltz	strings # 20 waltz # 78 classical composer # 100
46			Marzia Gaggioli	Classica n.9	baroque classical composer contemporary classical european instrumental italian opera sonata string quartet strings symphony	symphony # 18 strings # 21 sonata # 88
67			Artemis Quartet	Verklarte Nacht	classical serialism string quartet	serialism # 91
86			Ben Houge	Arcanum Soundtrack	soundtrack steampunk string quartet	steampunk # 70
9			Errol Michael "Filo" Phillips	Happy Times	acid jazz acoustic adult contemporary ambient baroque chillout classical contemporary classical contemporary jazz dark ambient downtempo easy listening electronic emo ethereal folk french funk fusion indie folk indie pop indie rock instrumental jazz jazz fusion lounge minimalism modern jazz neoclassical new age opera orchestra orchestral piano pop post-rock progressive rock psychill rnb rock soul soundtrack string quartet strings swing symphony world fusion
50			Artemis Quartet	The Piazzolla Project	classical string quartet
4			Balanescu Quartet:	Byrne, Moran, Lurie & Torke
48			Tokyo String Quartet	Beethoven: "Razumovsky" Quartets (Op.59, Nos.1-3)

Related genres

• classical
• contemporary classical
• strings
• beethoven
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• piano
• czech
• baroque
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• czech classical