String Quintet in E flat major, op. 97

I. Allegro non tanto II. Allegro vivo III. Larghetto IV. Finale: Allegro giusto Written in 1873 during his American visit, in Spillville, Iowa, the op. 97 quintet is the third of Dvořák's string quintets. The first, his op. 1, dates from 1861; the second (with a double-bass instead of a second viola), op. 77, from 1875. Like the so-called 'American' Quartet, written immediately previously, the op. 97 Quintet is in fact purely Bohemian in its forms and melodies. The slow movement, a double theme with five variations, is the very essence of Dvořák's love for his home country. A full-blooded performance from the Kapralova Quartet with guest violist Maxim Rysanov at the 2013 Indian Summer in Levoca festival..