String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life” / String Quartet no. 2 in D minor

Album by Bedřich Smetana & Pavel Haas Quartet

String Quartet No. 1 in E minor and String Quartet No. 2 in D minor are chamber works by Bedřich Smetana, composed in 1876 and 1882 respectively. Musically they are late-Romantic pieces characterised by lyrical, folk-inflected melodies, expressive chromaticism and programme-like autobiographical gestures in the first quartet, and together they represent Smetana's late-career engagement with Czech national idioms within the chamber-music tradition.
First released: April 2015

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”: I. Allegro vivo appassionato
    7:43
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”: II. Allegro moderato à la polka
    5:43
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”: III. Largo sostenuto
    9:05
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”: IV. Vivace
    6:10
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: I. Allegro
    5:32
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: II. Allegro moderato – Andante cantabile
    5:50
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: III. Allegro non più moderato, ma agitato e con fuoco
    4:46
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: IV. Finale. Presto
    2:53

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