String Quartet

This medley, arranged by Carlo Martelli from Tchaikovsky's penultimate opera, is a collage containing most of the Mozartian pastiche found in the piece and some of the more overtly 'Russian' numbers.

Tchaikovsky's piano music is of the drawing-room order and always charmingly written - this Romance is typical, and is ideal for transference to the string quartet as is here arranged by Carlo Martelli.

Tchaikovsky's piano music is of the drawing-room order and always charmingly written - this Romance is typical, and is ideal for transference to the string quartet as is here arranged by Carlo Martelli.

In this version of Tchaikovsky's early romantic masterpiece the arranger Carlo Martelli has considerably curtailed the original in length.

In this version of Tchaikovsky's early romantic masterpiece the arranger Carlo Martelli has considerably curtailed the original in length.

Arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, this is the most well known of all Tchaikovsky's many drawing-room pieces for piano, using a title invented and made popular by Mendelssohn more than forty years earlier.

Arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, this is the most well known of all Tchaikovsky's many drawing-room pieces for piano, using a title invented and made popular by Mendelssohn more than forty years earlier.

Tchaikovsky's lyrical genius and his extraordinarily subtle gift for portraying character is at its peak in this, his most well known, opera. This waltz, which opens the second act, is one of Tchaikovsky's finest, brilliantly transcribed here for the four strings by Carlo Martelli.

Tchaikovsky's lyrical genius and his extraordinarily subtle gift for portraying character is at its peak in this, his most well known, opera. This waltz, which opens the second act, is one of Tchaikovsky's finest, brilliantly transcribed here for the four strings by Carlo Martelli.

Since this piece was composed originally for string orchestra the arranger Carlo Martelli has retained as far as possible the existing distribution of the parts. For conservatories and professionals.

Since this piece was composed originally for string orchestra the arranger Carlo Martelli has retained as far as possible the existing distribution of the parts. For conservatories and professionals.

Arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, this is one of Tchaikovsky's many famous waltzes in which the lyrical side of his genius is always to the fore.

Arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, this is one of Tchaikovsky's many famous waltzes in which the lyrical side of his genius is always to the fore.

This charming waltz, arranged here for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, is the third movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, and as with all this composers least pretentious music has a tenderness and pathos which give a guileless and unalloyed pleasure to the discerning listener.

This charming waltz, arranged here for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, is the third movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, and as with all this composers least pretentious music has a tenderness and pathos which give a guileless and unalloyed pleasure to the discerning listener.