String Quartet No. 1, inspired by L.N.Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata

Con moto. Adagio. Maestoso


  • Recorded: 26th June 1963
  • Record Place: Domovina Studio
  • First Release: 1964
  • (P) 1964 SUPRAPHON
  • Genre: Chamber Music

Artists

  • music by: Leoš Janáček
  • musical group: Janáček Quartet

Album

Janáček Quartet

Janáček, Novák: String Quartets

Catalogue Number: SU 3460-2
Published: 7th April 2000
Genre: Chamber Music
This album has received following awards:
  • Choc du Monde de la Musique - Le Monde de la Musique (2000)
This new CD in Supraphon's archive series pays tribute to another of those ensembles now no longer to be heard in the concert hall, the Janáček Quartet of Brno. Formed in 1947 at the Brno Conservatory, the ensemble adopted Janáček's name in 1949 to reflect its ongoing and diligent efforts to master the great Moravian composer's string quartets. By the 1950s it was making guest appearances in the leading concert halls of the world and enjoying huge success with its gramophone recordings. Inspite of their age, the fine recordings of Janáček's two string quartets made by this ensemble are regarded today as definitive and as essential listening for all those who love Janáček or are engaged in the study of his music. The recordings are particularly authentic on account of he fact that the ensemble's first violinist, Jiří Trávníček, was a pupil of František Kudláček, who, as a member of the Moravian Quartet, participated in the first performance of 'Intimate Letters' and played a part in the composer's final revision of the work. Our recording also includes the most popular of the three string quartets by Vítězslav Novák, that in D major. category
Leoš Janáček
String Quartet No. 1, inspired by L.N.Tolstoy's Kreutzer Sonata
1. Adagio. Con moto 04:46
2. Con moto 04:13
3. Con moto. Vivo. Andante 03:55
4. Con moto. Adagio. Maestoso 04:57
Leoš Janáček
String Quartet No. 2 Intimate Letters
5. Andante. Con moto. Allegro 06:15
6. Adagio. Vivace 06:17
7. Moderato. Adagio. Allegro 05:55
8. Allegro. Andante. Allegro 07:36
Vítězslav Novák
String Quartet No. 2 in D major, Op. 35
9. Fugue (Largo mysterioso) 13:35
10. Fantasia /Allegro passionato, ma non troppo, presto. Quasi scherzo. Allegretto moderato, ben ritmico. Tempo del comincio. Largo misterioso/ 16:31