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Smetana: String Quartets No.1 "From My Life", No.2

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Smetana String Quartet No.1 in E Minor "From My Life" Ⅰ- Allegro vivo appassionato 7’40” Ⅱ- Allegro moderato à la Polka 5’31”...

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Smetana String Quartet No.1 in E Minor "From My Life" Ⅰ- Allegro vivo appassionato 7’40” Ⅱ- Allegro moderato à la Polka 5’31” Ⅲ- Largo...

Album: Smetana - String Quartets No.1 "From My Life", No.2
Label: Denon - COCQ-85328
Series: Denon Ultimate High-Quality
Format: CD, UHQCD, Stereo, Album, Limited
Country: Japan
Released: 1984
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic 

String Quartet No.1 in E Minor "From My Life"
Ⅰ- Allegro vivo appassionato 7’40”
Ⅱ- Allegro moderato à la Polka 5’31”
Ⅲ- Largo sostenuto 8’33”
Ⅳ- Vivace 5’59”

String Quartet No.2 in D Minor
Ⅰ- Allegro 5’25”
Ⅱ- Allegro moderato - Andante cantabile 5’35”
Ⅲ- Allegro non più moderato, ma agitato e con fuoco 4’25”
Ⅳ- Finale. Presto 2’47”

Smetana Quartet
Jiři Novak, violin
Lubomir Kostecky, violin
Milan Škampa, viola
Antonin Kohout, violoncello

 

Smetana Quartet
Recorded: February 12-16, 1976, Prague, Supraphon, Žižkov Studio

Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 "From My Life" & No. 2 [UHQCD]

 



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