Classic String Quartet Collection

The quaintness and piquancy of this little dance from Tchaikovsky's great ballet score has been perfectly captured in this excellent arrangement by Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.

The quaintness and piquancy of this little dance from Tchaikovsky's great ballet score has been perfectly captured in this excellent arrangement by Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.

This skittish little piece, originally for piano and now arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, was lifted by Stravinsky for his ballet The Fairy's Kiss.

This skittish little piece, originally for piano and now arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, was lifted by Stravinsky for his ballet The Fairy's Kiss.

Tchaikovsky wrote a great deal of music for solo piano, all of it of the salon variety. This charming example of this side of the great composer's art is here expertly transcribed for the string quartet by Carlo Martelli.

Tchaikovsky wrote a great deal of music for solo piano, all of it of the salon variety. This charming example of this side of the great composer's art is here expertly transcribed for the string quartet by Carlo Martelli.

This superlatively skilful adaptation by Carlo Martelli of Tchaikovsky's Christmas masterpiece omits only one movement, the Arab Dance, from the original suite.

This superlatively skilful adaptation by Carlo Martelli of Tchaikovsky's Christmas masterpiece omits only one movement, the Arab Dance, from the original suite.

Arranged here for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, this famous 5/4 movement from the Pathétique Symphony turned out to be its composers swan song.

Arranged here for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, this famous 5/4 movement from the Pathétique Symphony turned out to be its composers swan song.

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.

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.