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.

String Quartets by Bedřich Smetana - album cover

First released: 15th June 2018

Classical

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