String Quartet No. 10 (Dvořák)

String Quartet No. 10 (Dvořák)

Antonín Dvořák wrote his String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major Op. 51 in 1879. It is sometimes nicknamed the "Slavonic" quartet. It is composed of four movements:

# "Allegro ma non troppo"
# "Dumka: Andante con moto - Vivace"
# "Romanza: Andante con moto"
# "Finale: Allegro assai"

A typical performance lasts about 32 minutes.


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