Intimate Letters

Album by Leoš Janáček & Bohuslav Martinů & Emerson String Quartet

Intimate Letters is the second string quartet by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, composed in 1928. The work features terse, speech-like motifs, abrupt contrasts and folk-inflected melodic fragments that exemplify Janáček's late-period, intensely personal chamber writing and represents a key moment in his development of a distinctive, speech-derived musical language.

Intimate Letters by Janáček - album cover

First released: March 2009

Classical

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1.
String Quartet no. 1 “Kraytserova Sonata”: 1. Adagio – Con moto
3:58
2.
String Quartet no. 1 “Kraytserova Sonata”: 2. Con moto
4:05
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String Quartet no. 1 “Kraytserova Sonata”: 3. Con moto – Vivace – Andante – Tempo 1
3:49
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String Quartet no. 1 “Kraytserova Sonata”: 4. Con moto – Adagio – Maestoso
5:02
5.
Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313: 1. Poco allegro
4:11
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Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313: 2. Poco andante
5:31
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Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola, H. 313: 3. Allegro
5:30
8.
String Quartet no. 2 “Listy důvěné”: 1. Andante – Con moto – Allegro
5:33
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String Quartet no. 2 “Listy důvěné”: 2. Adagio – Vivace – Andante – Presto – Allegro – Vivo – Adagio
5:04
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String Quartet no. 2 “Listy důvěné”: 3. Moderato – Adagio – Allegro
5:03
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String Quartet no. 2 “Listy důvěné”: 4. Allegro – Andante – Con moto – Adagio – Tempo I
7:26