String Quartets

Album by Leoš Janáček & Karol Szymanowski & Schönberg Quartet

String Quartets is an album by the Melos Quartet, released in 1992, featuring Leoš Janáček's two string quartets. The album showcases Janáček's distinctive compositional style, blending folk influences with modernist techniques, and reflects his deep emotional expression.
First released: 1st September 2007

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 1, Op. 37: I. Lento assai
    8:03
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 1, Op. 37: II. Andantino semplice. In modo d'una canzone
    4:40
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 1, Op. 37: III. Vivace
    4:28
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 1, JW VII/8, "Kreutzer Sonata": I. Adagio
    4:11
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 1, JW VII/8, "Kreutzer Sonata": II. Con moto
    4:16
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 1, JW VII/8, "Kreutzer Sonata": III. Con moto
    4:19
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 1, JW VII/8, "Kreutzer Sonata": IV. Con moto
    5:25
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56: I. Moderato dolce e tranquillo
    7:15
  9. 9.
    String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56: II. Vivace, scherzando
    4:20
  10. 10.
    String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56: III. Lento
    5:13
  11. 11.
    String Quartet No. 2, JW VII/13, "Intimate Letters": I. Andante
    6:17
  12. 12.
    String Quartet No. 2, JW VII/13, "Intimate Letters": II. Adagio
    6:17
  13. 13.
    String Quartet No. 2, JW VII/13, "Intimate Letters": III. Moderato
    5:52
  14. 14.
    String Quartet No. 2, JW VII/13, "Intimate Letters": IV. Allegro
    7:47