Sorry I haven’t been updating the website much/at all. Frankly, the response has been disappointing – it seems as if quartet players don’t look at the web much, or don’t want to make their playing too public.
Anyway – an update. I have been branching out in the composers I have found music for – Frank Bridge for example. There is plenty of his music on IMSLP .
https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Frank_Bridge
Three suggestions are –
H.44 Noveletten
H.64 3 Pieces for String quartet (Unfortunately not on IMSLP – try Clevedon Music. https://www.clevedonmusic.co.uk/ )
H.67 3 Idylls for string quartet
Of these, the 3 pieces is the easiest. Frank Bridge was a viola player, but seems to have strange ideas about the ability of cello players to use the upper reaches of the instrument (what we call the ‘dusty part’) – he goes along nicely and then suddenly launches into tenor clef with 6 ledger lines !
I have tried the official ‘String Quartets’ of which there are 3 (4 ?). The first is just possible, and very nice to listen to – the others test the ability (and the tolerance) of even very good players.
Play String Quartets ! 