String Quartets 1–6

Album by Béla Bartók & Alban Berg Quartett

String Quartets Nos. 1–6 is a set of six string quartets by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1908 and 1939. Spanning Bartók's early late-Romantic phase through to his mature modernist language, the quartets blend folk-derived modal melodies and rhythms with heightened dissonance, innovative textures and extended string techniques, and they chart his development into one of the central voices of 20th-century chamber music.
First released: 1987

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Sz. 40: I. Lento
    9:21
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 3 in C-sharp minor, Sz. 85: I. Prima parte. Moderato
    4:35
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Sz. 40: II. Allegretto
    10:29
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 3 in C-sharp minor, Sz. 85: II. Seconda parte. Allegro
    5:33
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Sz. 40: III. Introduzione. Allegro. Allegro vivace
    10:21
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 3 in C-sharp minor, Sz. 85: III. Ricapitolazione della prima parte. Moderato. Coda. Allegro molto
    5:02
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, Sz. 67, op. 17: I. Moderato
    9:39
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: I. Allegro
    7:39
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, Sz. 67, op. 17: II. Allegro molto capriccioso
    7:38
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: II. Adagio molto
    5:33
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: III. Scherzo (alla bulgarese). Trio
    4:49
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, Sz. 67, op. 17: III. Lento
    7:51
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: IV. Andante
    4:45
  14. 14.
    String Quartet no. 4 in A major, Sz. 91: I. Allegro
    5:59
  15. 15.
    String Quartet no. 4 in A major, Sz. 91: II. Prestissimo, con sordino
    2:50
  16. 16.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: V. Finale. Allegro vivace
    6:58
  17. 17.
    String Quartet no. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: I. Mesto. Vivace
    7:33
  18. 18.
    String Quartet no. 4 in A major, Sz. 91: III. Non troppo lento
    5:20
  19. 19.
    String Quartet no. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: II. Mesto. Marcia
    7:36
  20. 20.
    String Quartet no. 4 in A major, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato
    2:54
  21. 21.
    String Quartet no. 4 in A major, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto
    5:34
  22. 22.
    String Quartet no. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: III. Mesto. Burletta. Moderato
    7:12
  23. 23.
    String Quartet no. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: IV. Mesto
    6:32

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