Emerson String Quartet : CD : 'Intimate Letters' (Janacek & Martinu)

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'Intimate Letters' (Janacek & Martinu)

Emerson String Quartet

label: Deutsche Grammophon format: CD UPC: 00028947780939 release date: 5/19/2009

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Tracks

	String Quartet No. 1 (Leoš Janácek):
	1. I. Adagio Con moto
	2. II. Con moto
	3. III. Con moto Vivace Andante Tempo I
	4. IV. Con moto Adagio Maestoso
	Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola Op.H 313 (Bohuslav Martinu):
	5. I. Poco allegro
	6. II. Poco andante
	7. III. Allegro
	String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" (Leoš Janácek):
	8. I. Andante Con moto Allegro
	9. II. Adagio Vivace Andante Presto Allegro Vivo Adagio
	10. III. Moderato Adagio Allegro
	11. IV. Allegro Andante Con moto Adagio Tempo I

'Intimate Letters' (Janacek & Martinu)

• The Emersons’ exploration of Czech chamber music on this new recording further burnishes a lustrous reputation.

• Featuring the first two of Janácek’s String Quartets and 3 Madrigals for violin and viola by Martinu

• Intimate Letters (Quartet no. 2) is based on Janácek’s letters to his muse, Kamila Stösslová, this piece also plays a key role in the Daniel-Day Lewis film, The Unbearable Lightness of Being.