String Quartet Nr. 2 d-Moll 弦樂四重奏 騎熊士版

1883年的第二絃樂四重奏是斯美塔那最後一部室內樂作品。與第一絃樂四重奏不同，作曲家對這部作品沒有任何綱領性的解釋

作曲家: Smetana, Bedrich
校訂者: Bartoš, František / Plavec, Josef / Šolc, Karel
樂器: string quartet 弦樂四重奏
出版社: Bärenreiter 騎熊士(小熊版)
原文簡介:
The second string quartet of 1883 is Smetana’s last chamber music work. Unlike the first string quartet, no programmatic explanation by the composer about this work exists.

However, this quartet can also be regarded as a personal confession, as emerges from numerous letters by Smetana. He wrote of the first movement: “I have my doubts with regard to the form of this movement. It has a very unusual form and is difficult to understand. A kind of breakdown prevails throughout the movement and will cause, so it seems to me, the players extreme difficulty. This is a result of my unhappy life.”

The quartet elicited mixed responses – the unusual character of the whole composition, its brevity, discontinuity and density were also seen by Smetana’s admirers for a long time as a sign of an incomplete creative process. However, the opposite is true. This work was far ahead of its time. In its uncompromising quality, it points the way to works of the 20th century.

The musical text of the new edition is based on the “Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana”, Volume XV – Chamber Music Works.

- Urtext from the Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana

- Detailed foreword (Cz /Eng/Ger) by Marta Ottlova