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Smetana - String Quartets | EPR Classic EPRC0069

Smetana - String Quartets

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Label: EPR Classic

Cat No: EPRC0069

Barcode: 0608917725629

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 28th March 2025

Contents

Artists

Zemlinsky Quartet

Works

Smetana, Bedrich

String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From My Life'
String Quartet no.2 in D minor
The Bartered Bride (Prodana nevesta)
» Skocna - Dance of the Comedians (arr. Petr Holman)

Artists

Zemlinsky Quartet

About

An homage to Czech music with Smetana's String Quartets performed by the Czech Zemlinsky Quartet, including an arrangement for string quartet of "The Dance of Comedians" from the opera The Bartered Bride by Petr Holman.

Smetana's two string quartets could be said to be the first programmatic chamber music pieces ever written. The First Quartet is a remarkable work with a very strong connection to Czech musicians. It belongs among the real treasures of Czech chamber music. The main characteristic of the Second Quartet is its intensity of musical ideas, as the composer was deaf and close to the end of his life. The Dance of Comedians illustrates the famous era of Smetana's being considered the Czech national composer.

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