Antonín Dvořák - Quintet No.2 in G-Major, Op.77 for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass (1875)

Antonín Dvořák - Quintet No.2 in G-Major, Op.77 for 2 Violins, Viola, Cello and Double Bass (1875)

Antonín Leopold Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia, following the Romantic-era nationalist example of his predecessor Bedřich Smetana. Dvořák's style has been described as "the fullest recreation of a national idiom with that of the symphonic tradition, absorbing folk influences and finding effective ways of using them," and Dvořák has been described as "arguably the most versatile... composer of his time".

Antonín Dvořák's String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77 (B. 49), was originally composed in early March 1875 and first performed on March 18, 1876 in Prague at the concert of the Umělecká beseda.
It is scored for two violins, viola, cello, and double bass. First marked as Op. 18, it was later slightly revised in 1888 as Op. 77. It has since been assigned the Burghauser number B. 49. Dvořák entered the piece in a competition and was awarded 5 ducats for the composition. The work bears the competition's motto, "To my Nation", as its dedication.
Although the original work was scored in five movements, Dvořák later withdrew the second movement, entitled "Intermezzo," due to concerns that having two slow movements made the work too lengthy. This extracted movement had been based on the central section, marked 'Andante religioso', of his String Quartet No. 4 (which was not published in his lifetime), and was in turn later reworked and republished as the Nocturne for Strings in B major, Op. 40 (B. 47). Some modern ensembles choose to restore the intermezzo when performing the work.
The work was published in 1888 by Simrock, not under its original opus number 18, but as Opus 77.

I.Allegro con fuoco - 0:00
II.Scherzo.Allegro vivace - 10:58
III.Poco andante - 18:57
IV.Finale.Allegro assai - 26:46

Perfomers:

Panocha Quartet
Violin: Jiří Panocha
Double Bass: Pavel Nejtek

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