Artist: Zemlinsky Quartet Title: Smetana: String Quartets Year Of Release: 2025 Label: Evil Penguin Classic Genre: Classical Quality: flac lossless (tracks) 24bits - 96.0kHz Total Time: 00:53:16 Total Size: 958 mb Tracklist 01. String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 "From My Life”: I. Allegro vivo appassionato 02. String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 "From My Life”: II. Allegro moderato à la Polka 03. String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 "From My Life”: III. Largo sostenuto 04. String Quartet No. 1 in E Minor, JB 1:105 "From My Life”: IV. Vivace 05. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, JB 1:124: I. Allegro 06. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, JB 1:124: II. Allegro moderato. Andante cantabile 07. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, JB 1:124: III. Allegro non più moderato ma agitato e con fuoco 08. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, JB 1:124: IV. Finale. Presto 09. The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100: Dance of Comedians (Transcription for String Quartet by Petr Holman) 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