Bohuslav Martinů: String Quartets (3CD)

Bohuslav Martinů 1890-1959

String Quartets

CD1                                                                                                                                                                                72’44

String Quartet No.1 H117 ‘The French’ (1918)

1. I. Moderato-allegro ma non troppo 9’40
2. II. Andante moderato 7’36
3. III. Allegro non troppo 10’18
4. IV. Allegro con brio 12’41

String Quartet No.2 H150 (1925)

5. I. Moderato-allegro vivace 7’14
6. II. Andante 6’17
7. III. Allegro 5’55

String Quartet No.3 H183 (1929)

8. I. Allegro 4’13
9. II. Andante 4’53
10. III. Vivo 3’22

CD2                                                                                                                                                                                68’40

String Quartet No.4 H256 in D (1937)

1. I. Allegro poco moderato 5’35
2. II. Allegro scherzando 3’34
3. III. Adagio 6’37
4. IV. Allegro 4’09

String Quartet No.5 H268 (1938)

5. I. Allegro ma non troppo 6’01
6. II. Adagio 6’23
7. III. Allegro vivo 5’34
8. IV. Lento, allegro 8’25

String Quartet No.6 H312 (1946)

9. I. Allegro moderato 6’40
10. II. Andante 7’32
11. III. Allegro 7’50

CD3                                                                                                                                                                                52’20

String Quartet No.7 H314 ‘Concerto da Camera’ (1947)

1. I. Poco allegro 7’11
2. II. Andante 7’58
3. III. Allegro vivo 6’00

Duo No.1 ‘3 Madrigals’ H313 for violin & viola (1950)

4. I. Poco allegro 4’26
5. II. Poco andante 6’02
6. III. Allegro 5’36

String Trio No.2 H238 (1934)

7. I. Allegro 7’53
8. II. Poco moderato 6’50

Stamic Quartet

Bohuslav Matoušek violin I

Josef Kekula violin II

Jan Pěruška viola

Vladimir Peixner cello

Recording: 1990, Prague, Czech Republic