Artist: Mandelring Quartett Title: Antonín Dvořák: String Quartet, Op. 96, String Quintet, Op. 97 & Humoresques, Op. 101 Year Of Release: 2025 Label: audite Musikproduktion Genre: Classical Quality: flac lossless (tracks) 24bits - 96.0kHz +B ooklet Total Time: 01:19:56 Total Size: 1.37 gb Tracklist 01. String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 American: I. Allegro ma non Troppo 02. String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 American: II. Lento 03. String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 American: III. Molto Vivace 04. String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96 American: IV. Finale. Vivace ma non Troppo 05. String Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97: I. Allegro non Tanto 06. String Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97: II. Allegro Vivo 07. String Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97: III. Larghetto 08. String Quintet No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 97: IV. Finale. Allegro Giusto 09. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (Arr. for String Quartet by Matthias Eichhorn): No. 1 in E-Flat Minor. Vivace 10. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (Arr. for String Quartet by Matthias Eichhorn): No. 2 in B Major. Poco andante 11. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (Arr. for String Quartet by Matthias Eichhorn): No. 3 in A-Flat Major. Poco andante e molto cantabile 12. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (Arr. for String Quartet by Matthias Eichhorn): No. 4 in F Major. Poco andante 13. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (Arr. for String Quartet by Matthias Eichhorn): No. 5 in A Minor. Vivace 14. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (Arr. for String Quartet by Matthias Eichhorn): No. 6 in B Major. Poco allegretto 15. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (Arr. for String Quartet by Matthias Eichhorn): No. 7 in G-Flat Major. Poco lento e grazioso 16. 8 Humoresques, Op. 101 (Arr. for String Quartet by Matthias Eichhorn): No. 8 in B-Flat Minor. Poco andante Antonín Dvořák's 'American' chamber music works are the fruits of a happy, carefree time. And this is reflected in the music: colourful, vibrant, imbued with the musical and scenic impressions he gathered in the bustling metropolis of New York and during his summer holidays in rural Iowa. Antonín Dvořák spent a happy time in America in the early 1890s. As director of the National Conservatory of Music in New York, he was generously paid, and concert audiences adored him. Some of his most famous and beloved works were created in the United States, including the 'American' String Quartet, which uniquely combines landscape painting and emotional expression in chamber music. Unjustly overshadowed by this piece is the String Quintet in E flat major, also known as the 'American' Quintet: a colourful, masterfully crafted work in which Dvořák sought to capture the spirit of Native American music. Both works have been among the Mandelring Quartett's favourites for many years. However, the Humoresques, Op. 101 were a new discovery for the ensemble. Presented here in a first recording of an arrangement for string quartet, they include the immortal melody that the Comedian Harmonists made into a hit, titled Eine kleine Frühlingsweise. Roland Glassl, violin Mandelring Quartet