Classical & Romantic Composers

Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga - String Quartet No. 1 in D minor
Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga - String Quartet No. 3 in E-flat major
Ludwig van Beethoven - Quartet in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
Ludwig van Beethoven - Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3
Johannes Brahms - Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
Claude Debussy - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Joseph Haydn - Quartet in F minor, Op. 20 No. 5
Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet in D major, op. 44 no. 1
Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartet in F minor, op. 80 no. 6
Giacomo Puccini - Crisantemi (Chrysanthemums)
Sergei Rachmaninoff - String Quartet No. 2
Franz Schubert - "Quartettsatz" in C minor, D. 703
Franz Schubert - String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, Op. 125, No. 1, D.87
Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 1, D Major, Op. 11
Joaquín Turina - La oración del torero Op. 34 (1925, Spain)
Anton Weber – Langsamer Satz (1905)
Hugo Wolf - Italian Serenade

Latin American Composers

Javier Alvarez - Metro Chabacano (1991, Mexico)
Efrain Amaya - Angelica (2000, Venezuela)
Paquito D'Rivera - Wapango (1975, Cuba)
Guido López Gavilan - Mi menor Conga (2006, Cuba)
Alberto Ginastera - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 20 (1948, Argentina)
Alberto Ginastera - String Quartet No. 2, Op. 26 (1958, Argentina)
Sonia Morales - Divertimento Caribeño No. 3. (1961, Puerto Rico)
Astor Piazzolla - Four, for Tango (1987, Argentina)
Astor Piazzolla - Tango Ballet (1956, Argentina)
Juan Bautista Plaza - Fuga Romantica & Fuga Criolla (1950 & 1931, Venezuela)
Juan R. Ramírez - Suite Latina for String Quartet (2002, Mexico)
Silvestre Revueltas – String Quartet No, 2 – Magueyes (1931, Mexico)
Abelardito Valdes - Danzón Almendra (1938, Cuba), arr. by N. Aponte
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Quartet No. 1 (1915, Brazil)
Heitor Villa-Lobos - Quartet No. 5 (1931, Brazil)
Gonzalo Castellanos Yumar - Fantasia (1946, Venezuela)

Selection of passionate tangos, boleros and Puerto Rican dances: El dia que me quieras, El Cumbanchero, La historia de un amor, Recuerdos de Borinquen, Sabor a Mi, Vereda Tropical, La Cumparsita, Por Una Cabeza, and more.

American Composers

Valerie Coleman (b. 1970) - Umoja (2001)
Jeremy Gill (b. 1975) - Fantasia (2004)
Paul Salerni (b. 1951) - “Quartet 1.5” (2014)
A. Louis Scarmolin (1890-1969) - Quartet for String, Op. 174
Edward Thomas (b. 1924) - String Quartet
Terry Vosbein (b. 1957) - Ballet for String Quartet (2015)

Commissions

Gilbert Galindo  (2023/24 Season)

COLLABORATIONS

Piano Quintets
with pianists Vanessa Perez or Olga Kern

Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Antonín Dvořák - Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Robert Schumann - Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Sergei Taneyev - Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30
Clarice Assad (Brazil b. 1978) - Sonic Landscapes (2022)
Miguel del Aguila (Uruguay, b.1957) - Clocks Op. 58 (1998)
Simón Díaz (Venezuela, 1928-2014) - Becerrito*
Willie Colón (b. 1950) - La Murga de Panamá*
Alfredo Malerba (Argentina, 1909-1994) and Rodolfo Sciammarella (Argentina, 1902-1973) - Besos Brujos*

*arranged by Stephen Buck (b. 1973)

Clarinet Quintets
with guest clarinetist Ricardo Morales

Luis Enrique Juliá (Puerto Rico, b. 1953) - Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (1998)
Paquito D’Rivera (Cuba, b. 1948) - Preludio y Merengue (arr. Gustavo Tavares)
Paquito D’Rivera (Cuba, b. 1948) – Aires Tropicales (arr. Luis Rossi)
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115
W.A. Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Carl Maria von Weber – Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34

String Quartet & Percussion

Andy Akiho (b. 1979) - LIgNEouS1, for Marimba and String Quartet (2010)
Ricardo Lorenz - Puente Trans-Arábico (2000, Venezuela)
Guido López-Gavilan - Camerata en Guaguancó, arr. by Ricardo Lorenz
Jorge Mazón - Rico Melao: Preludio, Danzón y Cha-cha-chá, arr. by Ricardo Lorenz
Paul Salerni (b. 1951) - Daliance, for String Quartet and Percussion (2017)

String Quartet & Large Ensemble

Juan Ramirez (b. 1945) - Suite Latina for string quartet and string orchestra
Sonia I. Morales-Matos (b. 1961) – Fiesta no. 2 for string quartet, orchestra, and percussion (2023)
Joel Puckett (b. 1977) - Short Stories, concerto for string quartet and wind ensemble (2013)
Edward Elgar - Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47, for string quartet and string orchestra