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Janacek: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Dvorak: String Quartet No. 10

Janacek / Dvorak / Vanbrugh Quartet /
Release Date: 06/14/2011 
Label:  Collins Classics   Catalog #: 9   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Antonín Dvorák,  Leos Janácek
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 1 Hours 15 Mins. 

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This 1994 Collins recording of the Janaceck String Quartets and Dvorak's String Quartet No. 10 by The Vanburgh Quartet was released to great acclaim by the critics. Janaceck's 2nd String Quartet, widely knownas "Intimate Letters", was inspired by his love for a younger woman, Kamila Stosslova, and composed in 1928. This 1994 Collins recording of the Janaceck String Quartets and Dvorak's String Quartet No. 10 by The Vanburgh Quartet was released to great acclaim by the critics. Janaceck's 2nd String Quartet, widely knownas "Intimate Letters", was inspired by his love for a younger woman, Kamila Stosslova, and composed in 1928. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Quartet for Strings no 10 in E flat major, Op. 51/B 92 by Antonín Dvorák
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1878-1879; Bohemia 
 Date of Recording: 08/1993 
Venue:  West Road Concerto Hall, Cambridge 
Length: 31 Minutes 29 Secs. 
2.
Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata" by Leos Janácek
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1923; Brno, Czech Republic 
 Date of Recording: 07/1992 
Venue:  All Saints Church, East Finchley 
Length: 17 Minutes 29 Secs. 
3.
Quartet for Strings no 2 "Intimate letters" by Leos Janácek
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1928; Brno, Czech Republic 
 Date of Recording: 07/1992 
Venue:  All Saints Church, East Finchley 
Length: 24 Minutes 13 Secs. 

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