Ambroise Thomas - String quartet in E-minor, Op.1 (1833)

Charles Louis Ambroise Thomas (5 August 1811 – 12 February 1896) was a French composer, best known for his operas Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868, after Shakespeare) and as Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 until his death. Work: String quartet in E-minor, Op.1 (1833) Mov.I: Allegro Moderato 00:00 : Menuetto 09:22 : Andante 14:54 : Rondo: Allegro vivace 20:18 Ensemble: The Daniel String Quartet Violin I: Benzion Shamir Violin II: Misha Furman Viola: Itamar Shimon Cello: Zvi Maschkowski The String Quartet in e minor, though numbered as his opus 1, was by no means his first work. To begin with, the Prix de Rome was a composition prize and Thomas had won it based on his composition of a cantata. He had written quite a number of other works even before entering the Conservatory. The quartet was his first work, after his student days, in his opinion worthy of an opus number. This light but brilliantly written quartet, dating from