Originally conceived as a brilliant coloratura piece for soprano to dazzle audiences with, this arrangement by Carlo Martelli derives from the better known version for orchestra alone.
Strauss II, Johann
Strauss II arr. Martelli – Voices of Spring (String Quartet)
Originally conceived as a brilliant coloratura piece for soprano to dazzle audiences with, this arrangement by Carlo Martelli derives from the better known version for orchestra alone.
Strauss II, Johann
Strauss II arr. Martelli – The Blue Danube Waltz (String Quartet) – Digital Download
Perhaps the most famous waltz ever written, this skilful arrangement by Carlo Martelli brilliantly captures all the glitter and romance of a Viennese ballroom.
Strauss II, Johann
Strauss II arr. Martelli – The Blue Danube Waltz (String Quartet)
Perhaps the most famous waltz ever written, this skilful arrangement by Carlo Martelli brilliantly captures all the glitter and romance of a Viennese ballroom.
Strauss II, Johann
Strauss II arr. Martelli – Tales from the Vienna Woods (String Quartet) – Digital Download
For practical reasons the arranger Carlo Martelli has omitted the very long introduction that Strauss composed for this concert waltz.
Strauss II, Johann
Strauss II arr. Martelli – Tales from the Vienna Woods (String Quartet)
For practical reasons the arranger Carlo Martelli has omitted the very long introduction that Strauss composed for this concert waltz.
Strauss II, Johann
Strauss II arr. Martelli – Roses from The South (String Quartet) – Digital Download
Inexhaustible melodic fertility is the first characteristic that strikes one in the work of the younger Johann Strauss, and this waltz is no exception in this regard. Carlo Martelli's adaptation of the original for string quartet is executed with his usual customary brilliance!
Strauss II, Johann
Strauss II arr. Martelli – Roses from The South (String Quartet)
Inexhaustible melodic fertility is the first characteristic that strikes one in the work of the younger Johann Strauss, and this waltz is no exception in this regard. Carlo Martelli's adaptation of the original for string quartet is executed with his usual customary brilliance!
Strauss's clever set of variations on a simple 'vamp' on tonic and dominant is here arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli in characteristic masterly fashion.
Strauss II, Johann
Strauss II arr. Martelli – Perpetuum Mobile (String Quartet)
Strauss's clever set of variations on a simple 'vamp' on tonic and dominant is here arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli in characteristic masterly fashion.
Strauss II, Johann
Strauss II arr. Martelli – Emperor Waltz (String Quartet) – Digital Download
Paradoxically this Waltz begins in march tempo, easing only gradually into the main waltz section. The arranger Carlo Martelli has made several changes to the original.
Strauss II, Johann
Paradoxically this Waltz begins in march tempo, easing only gradually into the main waltz section. The arranger Carlo Martelli has made several changes to the original.
It was Johann Strauss the first who made the Viennese waltz internationally famous, not only in ballrooms but also on the concert platform. Although his waltzes have been eclipsed by those of his much more famous son, he is still remembered for this ever popular march, here arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli.
Strauss I, Johann
It was Johann Strauss the first who made the Viennese waltz internationally famous, not only in ballrooms but also on the concert platform. Although his waltzes have been eclipsed by those of his much more famous son, he is still remembered for this ever popular march, here arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli.
Smetana, Bedřich
Smetana arr. Martelli – Polka from The Bartered Bride (String Quartet) – Digital Download
This polka rounds off the first act of Smetana's ever popular homeland opera. Carlo Martelli's arrangement captures the infectious festive spirit of the original to perfection.
This polka rounds off the first act of Smetana's ever popular homeland opera. Carlo Martelli's arrangement captures the infectious festive spirit of the original to perfection.
Smetana, Bedřich
This brilliant and vivacious dance, arranged by Carlo Martelli, occurs in the third act of Smetana's opera when the visiting circus troupe is exhibiting their skills to the local populace.
Smetana, Bedřich
Smetana arr. Martelli – Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride (String Quartet)
This brilliant and vivacious dance, arranged by Carlo Martelli, occurs in the third act of Smetana's opera when the visiting circus troupe is exhibiting their skills to the local populace.
Schubert, Franz Peter
Schubert arr. Martelli – Marche Militaire, Opus 51 No. 1 (String Quartet) – Digital Download
One of the most charming of all the miniatures that Schubert composed originally for piano. This one has a particularly nostalgic association for the present arranger Carlo Martelli as it is the first piece of music he remembers being enchanted by at the age of four!
Schubert, Franz Peter
Schubert arr. Martelli – Marche Militaire, Opus 51 No. 1 (String Quartet)
One of the most charming of all the miniatures that Schubert composed originally for piano. This one has a particularly nostalgic association for the present arranger Carlo Martelli as it is the first piece of music he remembers being enchanted by at the age of four!
Saint-Saëns, Camille
The Carnival of the Animals, the work from which this most perfect and evocative of melodies comes, was strangely not permitted to be published or performed in the composers lifetime. Here arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, Saint-Saëns considered it a mere piece of persiflage and unworthy of him.
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Saint-Saëns arr. Martelli – The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals (String Quartet)
The Carnival of the Animals, the work from which this most perfect and evocative of melodies comes, was strangely not permitted to be published or performed in the composers lifetime. Here arranged for string quartet by Carlo Martelli, Saint-Saëns considered it a mere piece of persiflage and unworthy of him.
Saint-Saëns, Camille
The famous aria, from which this arrangement by Carlo Martelli is derived, occurs in the second act of the opera Samson and Delilah, in which Samson is seduced by Delilah to trick him into being captured by his enemies. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Saint-Saëns arr. Martelli – Softly Awakes My Heart from Samson and Delilah (String Quartet)
The famous aria, from which this arrangement by Carlo Martelli is derived, occurs in the second act of the opera Samson and Delilah, in which Samson is seduced by Delilah to trick him into being captured by his enemies. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Saint-Saëns arr. Martelli – Danse Macabre (String Quartet) – Digital Download
The devil summons the dead from their graves with his fiddle, and skeletons clatter about in waltz rhythm - a scene skilfully evoked by the composer, and here translated to the quartet medium with equal talent by the arranger Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Saint-Saëns, Camille
The devil summons the dead from their graves with his fiddle, and skeletons clatter about in waltz rhythm - a scene skilfully evoked by the composer, and here translated to the quartet medium with equal talent by the arranger Carlo Martelli. For colleges, conservatories and professionals.
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Saint-Saëns arr. Martelli – Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah (String Quartet) – Digital Download
This music in this arrangement by Carlo Martelli accompanies the drunken and riotous revelry of the Philistines celebrating their capture of Samson after his betrayal by Delilah, in Act 3 of Saint-Saëns opera.
Saint-Saëns, Camille
Saint-Saëns arr. Martelli – Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah (String Quartet)
This music in this arrangement by Carlo Martelli accompanies the drunken and riotous revelry of the Philistines celebrating their capture of Samson after his betrayal by Delilah, in Act 3 of Saint-Saëns opera.
Rossini, Gioachino
Rossini arr. Martelli – William Tell Overture (String Quartet) – Digital Download
In this arrangement by Carlo Martelli of Rossini's popular overture, the storm sequence has been omitted and the final famous gallop transposed up a semitone to allow for ease of execution and increased resonance for the string quartet medium.
Rossini, Gioachino
Rossini arr. Martelli – William Tell Overture (String Quartet)
In this arrangement by Carlo Martelli of Rossini's popular overture, the storm sequence has been omitted and the final famous gallop transposed up a semitone to allow for ease of execution and increased resonance for the string quartet medium.