Who was Dvořák thinking of when he enriched the traditional string quartet with a double bass? Mozart and his A Little Night Music ? Or the Bohemian orchestras, itinerant from village to village? It is true that his Second String Quintet , full of the scent of the Czech land, has no equal, with its limping dumka rhythm and the elegy of the Poco Andante . Nothing comes close either to the Bagatelles for two violins and cello, to which the somewhat awkward tones of the harmonium give a popular scent, between laughter and tears.

Gaétan Biron

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May 18, 2025

The Mornings of the National / Lucile Dollat · Orchestre National de France

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Violin in String Quintet No. 2 by Dvořák

Orchestre National de France

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