Quatuor Modigliani - Grieg - Smetana (2024)
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WEB FLAC (tracks) - 300 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 153 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:03:11
Classical | Label: Mirare
Though both men were pioneers of a new musical identity in a Europe inflamed by nationalist movements, Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) and Bedřich Smetana (1824-84) allowed numerous years to elapse before turning to the string quartet. Did they feel a certain apprehension towards a genre too closely bound up with the Austro-German tradition from which they were trying to break away? No doubt other forms had proved more conducive to their folk-tinged musical language – the miniature for Grieg, the opera and the symphonic poem for Smetana.