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Enso String Quartet

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String Quartet Collection: Richard Strauss, Verdi, PucciniEnso QuartetThe string quartet composed by Richard Strauss at the age of 16 is a landmark work that was premiered by Benno Walter (concertmaster of the Munich Court Theater), who was his fathers cousin and taught the young Strauss to play the violin. Influenced by his father, Strauss was taught to model his music after Mozart and Beethoven, and this string quartet is a well-structured work reflecting that guidance; however, he would gradually break free from his fathers constraints and go on to establish his own musical language.Puccinis Chrysanthemum is a short yet sentimental and beautiful elegy. The Three Minuets is a short piece that evokes the spirit of Haydn. Verdis string quartet, composed when he was 60, is his only chamber music work. Although these works are rarely performed, they can be considered masterpieces that offe