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Bohuslav Martin​ů​: String Quartets Nos. 2, 4 & 5

by Kocian Quartet

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String Quartet No. 2, H. 150 I. Moderato - Andante. Allegro vivace 07:50
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String Quartet No. 2, H. 150 II. Andante 05:47
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String Quartet No. 2, H. 150 III. Allegro 06:14
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String Quartet No. 4, H. 256 I. Allegro poco moderato 05:53
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String Quartet No. 4, H. 256 II. Allegro scherzando 03:43
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String Quartet No. 4, H. 256 III. Adagio 06:30
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String Quartet No. 4, H. 256 IV. Allegro 04:21
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String Quartet No. 5, H. 268 I. Allegro ma non troppo 05:47
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String Quartet No. 5, H. 268 II. Adagio 06:43
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String Quartet No. 5, H. 268 III. Allegro vivo 05:13
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String Quartet No. 5, H. 268 IV. Lento - Allegro - Moderato 08:49

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The composer of Julietta left seven string quartets that do not, by any means, form a cycle but rather a succession of testimonies stretching from 1920 to 1947. Here are juxtaposed a ‘modern canvas painted’ in 1925 (Quartet No. 2), a neo-Baroque divertimento (Quartet No. 4) from the spring of 1937, and finally, the unexpected masterpiece, intimate and violent (Quartet No. 5 from 1938), the da camera counterpart of the Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani that Martinů had just finished for Paul Sacher.

Awards: Choc by Le Monde de la Musique, R10 by Classica / Répertoire, 5 by Diapason, Opus d’Or, ClassicsToday.com

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released January 1, 2006

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