Repertoire and Recordings

Selected repertoire

From the classical canon to South African voices

The OSQ’s repertoire reflects a sustained engagement with landmark chamber works, Romantic masterpieces, twentieth-century quartets and music by South African and contemporary composers.

01 / Classical foundations

Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven

Joseph HaydnSix String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 1–6
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartString Quartet in G major, K. 387
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartString Quartet in C major, K. 465, “Dissonance”
Ludwig van BeethovenString Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1

02 / Romantic repertoire

Drama, lyricism and colour

Felix MendelssohnString Quartet in E minor, Op. 44, No. 2
Johannes BrahmsString Quartet No. 1 in C minor
Antonín DvořákString Quartet in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Edvard GriegString Quartet in G minor, Op. 27

03 / Twentieth century and beyond

Modern and South African voices

Maurice RavelString Quartet in F major
Dmitri ShostakovichString Quartet No. 4
Dmitri ShostakovichString Quartet No. 8
Arnold van WykFive Elegies
Hendrik HofmeyrQuartetto d’archi I
Robert RollinString Quartet No. 2

04 / Expanded ensemble

Quintets and collaborations

César FranckPiano Quintet in F minor
Robert SchumannPiano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Luigi BoccheriniGuitar Quintet
Franz SchubertString Quintet in C major, D. 956, for two violins, viola and two cellos

Please note: This is a selection of repertoire performed by the Odeion String Quartet and is not intended as a complete current catalogue.

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