String Quartets Nos. 1 'From My Life' And 2

Album by Bedřich Smetana & Panochovo kvarteto

String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 are chamber works by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, composed in 1876 and 1882. Rooted in the Romantic tradition and Czech national style, they employ expressive lyricism, cyclic motivic links and programme elements to explore personal and national themes, and occupy a significant place in Smetana's late-career chamber output and the development of Czech string quartet repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105: I. Allegro vivo appassionato
    7:18
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105: II. Allegro moderato a la polka
    5:23
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105: III. Largo sostenuto
    8:20
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105: IV. Finale. Vivace - Meno presto
    6:10
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, JB 1:124: I. Allegro. Molto moderato
    5:16
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, JB 1:124: II. Allegro moderato - Andante cantabile
    5:45
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, JB 1:124: III. Allegro non piú moderato, ma agitato e con fuoco
    4:31
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, JB 1:124: IV. Finale. Presto - Allegro
    2:40

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