String Quartets 1 & 2

Album by György Ligeti & Artemis Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 are chamber works by Hungarian composer György Ligeti, composed in 1953–54 and 1968 respectively. They trace his evolution from early post‑Romantic and folk‑influenced language into a more avant‑garde modernist idiom, employing dense contrapuntal textures, novel timbral effects and extended string techniques that signalled a pivotal development in his chamber music.

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  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": I. Allegro Grazioso
    1:29
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": II. Vivace, capriccioso
    2:01
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": III. Adagio mesto
    2:27
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": IV. Presto
    1:12
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": V. Prestissimo
    1:40
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": VI. Andante tranquillo
    3:06
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": VII. Tempo di Valse, moderato con eleganza, un poco capriccioso
    0:57
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": VIII. Subito prestissimoso
    1:30
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": IX. Allegretto, un poco gioviale
    2:47
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": X. Prestissimo
    1:43
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": XI. Ad libitum, senza misura
    1:44
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": XII. Lento
    1:04
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 2: Allegro nervoso
    4:54
  14. 14.
    String Quartet no. 2: Sostenuto, molto calmo
    5:03
  15. 15.
    String Quartet no. 2: Come un meccanismo di precisione
    3:23
  16. 16.
    String Quartet no. 2: Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
    2:07
  17. 17.
    String Quartet no. 2: Allegro con delicatezza
    5:16

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