String Quartet No. 1 | Leon Kirchner

String Quartet No. 1: I. Allegro ma non troppo

String Quartet No. 1: II. Adagio

String Quartet No. 1: III. Divertimento

String Quartet No. 1: IV. Adagio

...awash in the sound world and harmonic idiom of Bartok.

Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times

9th March 2007

String Quartet No. 1 is full of youthful energy and bold expression connected to ambitiously complex writing.

Peter Burwasser, Fanfare

Kirchner: Complete String Quartets