String Quartets nos. 1 & 2

Album by Bedřich Smetana & Škampovo kvarteto

String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 are chamber works by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, composed in 1876 and 1882. They exemplify Romantic-period chamber music, combining lyrical melodies, folk-influenced harmonies and dramatic, often autobiographical structures that reflect Smetana's late-career engagement with national elements and personal circumstances, including musical gestures that allude to his hearing impairment.

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  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor "From My Life": I. Allegro vivo appassionato
    7:20
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor "From My Life": II. Allegro moderato alla polka
    5:37
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor "From My Life": III. Largo sostenuto
    9:07
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor "From My Life": IV. Vivace
    5:55
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: I. Allegro
    5:24
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: II. Allegro moderato
    5:48
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: III. Allegro non più moderato, ma agitato e con fuoco
    4:47
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 2 in D minor: IV. Finale
    2:51

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