Dvorak: String Quartet No. 9 in D minor/Terzetto Op. 74
Even if you go to lots of chamber music concerts, you'll seldom hear these pieces, which  are as neglected as most of Dvorák's wonderful output. The String Quartet, Dvorák's ninth, may  ramble a bit, but it's so lovely as to disarm any critical reservations, at least on my part. The unusual  Terzetto, for two violins and viola, gets played mostly at home chamber music sessions when the  cellist hasn't shown up yet. It's relatively terse for Dvorák, but still expansive and beautiful. The set  of Dvorák's Quartets by the Prague Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon 429 193-2) has been the  standard for decades, but I find these performances better played and recorded, as well as less  expensive.--Leslie Gerber