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Bed​ř​ich Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 ‘From my Life’ / Jean Sibelius: String Quartet Op. 56 ‘Voces Intimae’

by Kocian Quartet

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String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life' - I. Allegro vivo appassionato 07:14
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String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life' - II. Allegro moderato alla Polka 05:31
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String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life' - III. Largo sostenuto 08:08
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String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'From my life' - IV. Vivace 06:04
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String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae' - I. Andante – Allegro molto moderato 05:57
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String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae' - II. Vivace 02:29
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String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae' - III. Adagio di molto 10:08
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String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae' - IV. Allegretto (ma pesante) 05:39
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String Quartet in D minor, Op. 56 'Voces Intimae' - V. Allegro 05:18
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Andante festivo 04:47

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The original pairing of two musical diaries. One of them, by the composer of The Bartered Bride, is made explicit: "What I wanted to do was retrace the sequence of my life in music". The other, sombre and often introspective, with its inner voices (voces intimae), in turn ghostly and diabolical, is unique in the output of the composer of Valse triste. It wavers between fear, dreaming and a return to life, initially pesante before getting lighter as it reverts back to the rustic language of the folk dance. Smetana, on the other hand, praised the polka, both ‘highbrow’ and popular, a manifestation of love and liveliness, even when the muffled echoes of this irrepressible swirl take on a funereal aspect.

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released January 1, 2009

Kocian Quartet (Ensemble)

DSD MULTICHANNEL RECORDED IN PRAGUE, DOMOVINA STUDIO
April 3-4 (Smetana), 17-18, 2009

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