Dvořák / String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 “American“ (Cleveland Quartet)

Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, B. 179 “American“ (1893) 00:00 - Allegro ma non troppo 09:08 - Lento 16:14 - Molto vivace 20:00 - Finale. Vivace ma non troppo Performed by the Cleveland Quartet (Telarc, 1991). “From its first performance, Dvořák’s ’American’ Quartet has enjoyed lasting popularity for its tunefulness, its rhythmic verve, and its happy interplay of the four instruments. Given all the publicity afforded Dvořák’s ideas on American music, one might reason