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。不過，從斯美塔那的許多信件中可以看出，這首四重奏也可以被視為個人的懺悔之作。他在談到第一樂章時寫道 "我對這個樂章的形式有疑問。它的形式很不尋常，很難理解。整個樂章中彌漫著一種崩潰的情緒，在我看來會給演奏者帶來極大的困難。這是我不幸生活的結果"

作曲家: Smetana, Bedrich
校訂者: Bartoš, František / Plavec, Josef / Šolc, Karel
樂器: scores 總譜
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