Cremona Quartet

String quartet with piano accompaniment. A wistful Legato melody passes from Guarneri Violin to Amati Viola, and then to Stradivari Cello, showcasing the emotive power of the instruments.

By Adam Hochstatter

Once

The Cremona Quartet is expanded to a small chamber section in this piece, featuring The Guarneri Violin and the Stradivari Cello with question and answer phrasing in the first part.

By Thomas Berlin

Origins

A track written to explore the light and dark side of a string quartet while maintaining a child-like character. It contains a variety of articulations, rhythms, and dynamics helps showcase the flexibility of the library.

By Adam Hochstatter

Imaginary Friends

A vivid piece for String Quartet inspired by modern film scores. In the first half the track showcases a lot of short articulations like Spiccatissimo, Spiccato, Staccato and Marcato, with lively Legato lines in the second half.

By Benny Oschmann

New Horizons

A tango piece that intertwines all four instruments of the quartet, demonstrating multiple short bowed and plucked articulations - Spiccato. Spiccatissimo, Staccato, and Pizzicato. 

By Przemyslaw Kopczyk

Tango Espressivo

A Baroque style quartet piece showcasing a range of articulations with bowed Legato lines sitting alongside passages of Spiccato and Staccato.

By Przemyslaw Kopczyk

Presto

With a slow, deliberate but delicate tempo, cello and viola pizzicato form a pleasing bedrock for some emotively melancholy legato and spiccato articulations in the higher registers.

By Iva Zabkar & Hanna Lueke

Day Of Light

This rich, textured piece expertly showcases certain short articulations including pizzicato, spiccato, and spiccatissimo, alongside beautifully fluid legatos, trills and tremolos.

By Przemyslaw Kopczyk

Desire

This calm and gentle piece showcases the intimacy and vast expressiveness of the Cremona Quartet, with all four instruments playing harmonious legato patterns.

By Adam Hochstatter

Earthshine

This track blends shimmering tremolo and trilled violins with a sweeping cello melody, plus electronic rhythmic patterns to showcase the quartet’s power in a contemporary setting.

By Adam Hochstatter

Inner Circle

A melancholic piece showcasing lyrical and flowing lines with fingered, bowed and portamento legato. After a short piano introduction, the theme is introduced by the beautiful Amati Viola, soon joined by the Stradivari Cello, the Guarneri Violin and the Stradivari Violin, with each instrument taking the spotlight for a moment.

By Benny Oschmann

Last Snow

This piece, inspired by Maurice Ravel, explores musical ideas and textures using a wide range of legato and portamento articulations alongside sautille, trills and tremolos to create a sumptuous bed of moving timbres.

By Przemyslaw Kopczyk

Les Fleurs

Beautiful legato lines showcase the richly textured bow strokes of the quartet, as all four instruments play harmonious lines that meld with piano sounds of NOIRE and finish with some delicate pizzicato.

By Sasha Knorr

Memories

Stradivari Cello Solo

Guarneri Violin Solo

Amati Viola Solo

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