Pavel Haas Quartet/Llŷr Williams

Janáček and Smetana, two great Czechs who didn't quite balance: the former fell in love with a woman who was forty years younger, while the latter spent his last years in an asylum. The Haas quartet plays Smetana's forceful String Quartet No 1 and Janáček's equally strong and personal Quartet No 2, plus pianist Williams plays Janáček's From an Overgrown Path for solo piano.