Classic String Quartet Collection

Of Chopin's fourteen waltzes this is probably the best known. Like the other waltzes it has a charm and eloquence that is unparalleled in other music of this kind. Arranged by Carlo Martelli.

No composer, either before or since, has been able so successfully to invest the loose and episodic form of the waltz with the poignant emotions of transient joy and wistfulness. This waltz, arranged by Carlo Martelli, is one of the high watermarks of that kind of distinction.

No composer, either before or since, has been able so successfully to invest the loose and episodic form of the waltz with the poignant emotions of transient joy and wistfulness. This waltz, arranged by Carlo Martelli, is one of the high watermarks of that kind of distinction.

Amongst Chopin's many brilliant, virtuosi and completely pianistic pieces are to be found gentler creations suitable for transcription for string quartet, such as the lively but lyrical Valse (Opus 70 No. 3), transposed up a semitone into the friendlier D major by arranger Bill Thorp.

Amongst Chopin's many brilliant, virtuosi and completely pianistic pieces are to be found gentler creations suitable for transcription for string quartet, such as the lively but lyrical Valse (Opus 70 No. 3), transposed up a semitone into the friendlier D major by arranger Bill Thorp.