String Quartets

Album by Bedřich Smetana & Leoš Janáček & Franz Schubert & Alexander String Quartet

String Quartets is a set of chamber works by Czech composer Bedřich Smetana, composed in 1876 and 1882. They blend Romantic-era Czech nationalist elements and lyrical, folk-influenced melodies with expressive chamber textures and a notably autobiographical programme in the first quartet, reflecting a mature phase that links Smetana's operatic and orchestral writing with more intimate instrumental forms.
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  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”, JB 1:105: I. Allegro vivo appassionato
    8:12
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”, JB 1:105: II. Allegro moderato a la Polka
    6:04
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”, JB 1:105: III. Largo sostenuto
    8:53
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 in E minor “From My Life”, JB 1:105: IV. Vivace
    6:36
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”, JW 7/8: I. Adagio - Con moto
    4:16
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”, JW 7/8: II. Con moto
    4:29
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”, JW 7/8: III. Con moto - Viva
    4:31
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 1 “Kreutzer Sonata”, JW 7/8: IV. Con moto
    5:48
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 12 in C minor “Quartettsatz”, D. 703
    9:40

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