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Release Date: 28 March 2025
Label: EPR-Classic
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 0608917725629
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
An homage to Czech music with Smetana'sString Quartets performed by theCzech Zemlinsky quartetincluding 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 \u0301s being considered the Czech national composer.
Tracklisting
Brussels Philharmonic, Kazushi Ono
Verita Baroque Ensemble
Pieter Wispelwey
Verita Baroque Ensemble
Roeland Hendrikx, Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie
Pieter Wispelwey
Dionysos Now!
Zemlinsky Quartet
Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Zemlinsky Quartet, Ataneres Ensemble
Eddy Vanoosthuyse, Zemlinsky Quartet
