Leoš Janáček String Quartet No. 1 Kreutzer Sonata

Composer: Leoš Janáček (3 July 1854 12 August 1928) Performers: The Janáček Quartet Year of recording: 1966 String Quartet No. 1, Kreutzer Sonata, JW 7, 8, written in 1923. 00:00 I. Adagio Con moto 04:47 II. Con moto 08:58 III. Con moto Vivo Andante 12:51 IV. Con moto (Adagio) Più mosso The composition was inspired by Leo Tolstoy s novella The Kreutzer Sonata. (The novella was in turn inspired by Beethoven s Violin Sonata No. 9, known as the Kreutzer Sonata from the nam