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String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 85

189327 min

This guide follows Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, L. 85 (1893) in four parts: Animé et très décidé (sonata form), Assez vif et bien rythmé, Andantino, doucement expressif and Très modéré – En animant peu à peu – Très mouvementé et avec passion.

Recording: Esmé Quartet

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Follow all 21 sections as they play

  1. I et · Sonata form
  2. II et
  3. III,
  4. IV – – et passion
I et Sonata form0:03–6:22

et (animated and very decided). The First is the earthy, firmly controlled that in later movements, in G minor with Phrygian colour. A follows, and then the offers a light, airy melody over a breezy accompaniment. The reworks these ideas, the follows with the again, and then the begins.

  1. :
  2. :
II et 6:41–11:45
III, 11:59–19:04
IV – – et passion19:40–26:35

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Four players across almost two centuries: Haydn shapes the conversation, Bartók breaks it open, Shostakovich turns it inward.

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11 works · 5 h 9 min

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Claude DebussyString quartetsModern periodG minorSonata form

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