String Quartet no. 12 in F, op. 96 "American" / Piano Quintet in A, op. 81

Album by Antonín Dvořák & Rudolf Firkušný & Juilliard String Quartet

String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96 "American" and Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81 are chamber-music works by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, composed in 1893 and 1887 respectively. The quartet, written during Dvořák's American period, features bright folk-influenced melodies, syncopated rhythms and transparent textures, while the earlier quintet displays rich harmonic warmth, expansive lyrical writing and classical structural balance, both works occupying prominent places in the late Romantic chamber repertoire and illustrating Dvořák's integration of Bohemian elements with broader European forms.

String Quartet no. 12 in F, op. 96 "American" / Piano Quintet in A, op. 81 by Antonín Dvořák - album cover

First released: 1992

Classical Chamber Music

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String Quartet no. 12 in F major, op. 96 “American”: I. Allegro ma non troppo
7:15
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String Quartet no. 12 in F major, op. 96 “American”: II. Lento
7:22
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String Quartet no. 12 in F major, op. 96 “American”: III. Molto vivace
3:47
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String Quartet no. 12 in F major, op. 96 “American”: IV. Finale: Vivace, ma non troppo
5:39
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Piano Quintet in A major, op. 81: I. Allegro, ma non tanto
10:17
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Piano Quintet in A major, op. 81: II. Dumka: Andante con moto
14:52
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Piano Quintet in A major, op. 81: III. Scherzo (Furiant): Molto vivace
4:15
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Piano Quintet in A major, op. 81: IV. Finale: Allegro
7:35