String Quartet in D flat, Op. 15 played by The Menges String Quartet-Isolde Menges (violin) ; Beatrice Carrelle (violin) ; John Yewe Dyer (viola) ;
Ivor James (cello)
Dohnanyi, who represents the conservative element at its best in Hungarian music, has written three string quartets, the second of which, Op. 15 in D flat, was published in 1907. It reveals, says Tovey, 'the full power of Dohnanyi's art, and, amongst other things, the attainment of an artistic fusion of what may be called Wagnerian or symphonic-poem movement with the essentials of sonata style '.