String Quartets

Album by Leoš Janáček & Melos Quartett

String Quartets is a collection of two string quartets by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, composed in 1923 and 1928. They occupy a late period in his output and are characterised by intense, speech-like melodic contours, bold harmonic language, abrupt rhythmic shifts and folk-inflected motifs, reflecting Janáček's mature experimentation with form and expression in early 20th-century Czech chamber music.

String Quartets by Leoš Janáček - album cover

First released: 2002

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1.
String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": I. Adagio. Con moto
4:03
2.
String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": II. Con moto
4:33
3.
String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": III. Con moto. Vivo. Andante
3:58
4.
String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": IV. Con moto (adagio). Più mosso
5:34
5.
String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": I. Andante. Con moto. Allegro
6:22
6.
String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": II. Adagio. Vivace
6:10
7.
String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": III. Moderato. Adagio. Allegro
5:36
8.
String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": IV. Allegro. Andante. Adagio
7:38