Dvořák: String Quartet No. 2, Bagatelles & Rondo, B. 171 Ryoko Morooka, Stepan Simonian, Ralph Evans, Efim Boico, Gil Sharon, Niklas Schmidt, Fine Arts Quartet

• Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904): Bagatelles, Op. 47, B. 79:
• 1 Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47, B. 79: No. 1, Allegretto scherzando 02:58
• 2 Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47, B. 79: No. 2, Tempo di minuetto. Grazioso 03:04
• 3 Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47, B. 79: No. 3, Allegretto scherzando 03:09
• 4 Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47, B. 79: No. 4, Canon. Andante con moto 03:44
• 5 Dvořák: Bagatelles, Op. 47, B. 79: No. 5, Poco allegro 04:24
• String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, B. 17:
• 6 Dvořák: String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, B. 17: I. Allegro ma non troppo 13:14
• 7 Dvořák: String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, B. 17: II. Largo 14:11
• 8 Dvořák: String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, B. 17: III. Allegro con brio 07:01
• 9 Dvořák: String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major, B. 17: IV. Finale. Andante - Allegro giusto 16:48
• Rondo in G Minor, Op. 94, B. 171:
• 10 Dvořák: Rondo in G Minor, Op. 94, B. 171 06:27
• Total Runtime 01:15:00

Info for Dvořák: String Quartet No. 2, Bagatelles & Rondo, B. 171

Antonín Dvořák is revered as one of the greatest composers of late 19th-century Romanticism. He is celebrated for the kind of poignant melodies redolent of Czech folk music found in the utterly charming Bagatelles and Rondo – the haunting tunes and harmonic twists of which represent the distinctive style that brought him international fame. Less known is that during the years 1868–70 Dvořák composed in a style so wild for the time that it foreshadowed the modernistic innovations of Schoenberg and his contemporaries. Dvořák’s Second Quartet reveals fascinating examples of early experimentation before his transition into the harmonious Slavic style for which he is so beloved.

With its unusual inclusion of a harmonium, Dvořák’s Bagatelles are less familiar on the concert podium in their original instrumentation, but they contain some of the composer’s most attractive melodies and their immediate appeal is set here against the more challenging Second String Quartet. This is a Dvořák programme both for inquisitive newcomers to his chamber music, and for collectors on the lookout for new recordings by one of the finest string quartets around.

Fine Arts Quartet
Ryoko Morooka, harmonium
Stepan Simonian, piano

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