Includes arrangements of popular songs, folk-songs, etc., as well as excerpts from original quartets.
Vol. 1. Drink to me only with thine eyes : old English folk song -- The mill : from String quartet, op. 192, no. 2 / Raff -- Serenade / Haydn -- Gavotte : old French -- Old black Joe : old plantation song -- Canzonetta from String quartet in E♭ major, op. 12 / Mendelssohn -- All' ungherese : Moment musical / Schubert -- Angel Gabriel : old plantation song -- Larghetto / Händel -- Spirit of the 18th century : after Martini / Alfred Pochon
Vol. 2. Andante from String quartet in E♭ major / von Dittersdorf -- Minuet from String quartet no. 2 / Mozart -- Scherzo from String quartet in E minor, op. 44, no. 2 / Mendelssohn -- Andantino grazioso from String quartet, op. 3, no. 1 / Haydn -- Interludium in modo antico : from Five novelettes, op. 15, no. 3 / Glazounow -- Song of the Volga boatmen : Russian folk song -- Larghetto from String quartet, op. 33, no. 4 / Boccherini -- Nocturne from Second string quartet in D major / Borodine -- Berceuse (on a Russian theme) / Osten-Sacken -- Irish reel / Alfred Pochon
Vol. 3. Menuetto from No. 3, Six quartettos concertante for 2 violins (or oboe & violin), viola and bass / J.C. Bach -- Rondo from String quartet, no. VI / Mozart -- Allegro grazioso from Six quartets, op. 3 / Grétry -- Molto lento from Quartet, no. 17, no. 2 : Music of the spheres / Rubinstein -- Negro spirituals: Go down, Moses ; Swing low, sweet chariot -- Deep river : old Negro melody -- Christmas carol : The first noël -- Petite suite : from Pictures at an exhibition / Moussorgsky -- Irish cradle song / Pochon
Vol. 4. Scherzo from String quartet no. 1 / Luigi Cherubini -- Turkey in the straw -- Killarney / M.W. Balfe -- Scottish dances: The lily of the vale is sweet ; Drap o' capie o! -- Minuetto from String quintet in E major / Luigi Boccherini -- Adeste fideles -- Sally in our alley -- The bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond : Scottish folk-song -- Barberini's minuet / Johann Adolf Hasse -- Finale from the Quartet in G minor, op. 74, no. 3 : Rider's quartet / Joseph Haydn