String Quartets

Album by Bedřich Smetana & Quartetto Energie Nove

String Quartets is a collection of chamber works by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, composed between 1876 and 1882. Rooted in Romantic-era harmonic language and Czech nationalist motifs, the quartets blend lyrical and dramatic string writing and mark Smetana's turn to more intimate, autobiographical forms within his later career.
First released: 15th June 2018

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”: I. Allegro vivo appassionato
    8:01
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”: II. Allegro moderato alla polka
    5:42
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”: III. Largo sostenuto
    8:42
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”: IV. Vivace
    6:29
  5. 5.
    Comedians’ Dance from The Bartered Bride
    5:33
  6. 6.
    Polka from The Bartered Bride
    4:44
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: I. Allegro
    5:24
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: II. Allegro moderato
    5:27
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: III. Allegro non più moderato, ma agitato - E con fuoco
    4:59
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: IV. Presto
    3:14

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