String Quartets

Album by Béla Bartók & Leoš Janáček & Tokyo String Quartet

String Quartets is a cycle of six string quartets by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1908 and 1939. The works blend Hungarian folk influences with modernist techniques, exploring dissonance, asymmetrical rhythms and extended instrumental textures, and they trace the composer's evolution from late-Romantic idioms to a distinct mature voice in 20th-century chamber music.

First released: 1996

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Disc 1

1.
String Quartet no. 1: I. Adagio
4:01
2.
String Quartet no. 1: II. Con moto
4:17
3.
String Quartet no. 1: III. Con moto
4:07
4.
String Quartet no. 1: IV. Con moto
5:10
5.
String Quartet no. 2, “Intimate Letters”: I. Andante
6:01
6.
String Quartet no. 2, “Intimate Letters”: II. Adagio
5:47
7.
String Quartet no. 2, “Intimate Letters”: III. Moderato
5:40
8.
String Quartet no. 2, “Intimate Letters”: IV. Allegro
7:32
9.
String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: I. Lento - attacca:
8:42
10.
String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: II. Poco a poco accelerando al’Allegretto
8:39
11.
String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: III. Introduzione: Allegro - attacca:
1:32
12.
String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: IV. Allegro vivace
10:15

Disc 2

2.
String Quartet no. 2, op. 17, Sz. 67: I. Moderato
11:08
3.
String Quartet no. 2, op. 17, Sz. 67: II. Allegro molto capriccioso
8:00
4.
String Quartet no. 2, op. 17, Sz. 67: III. Lento
9:22
5.
String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: I. Prima parte: Moderato - attacca:
4:33
6.
String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: II. Seconda parte: Allegro - attacca:
5:19
7.
String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato
3:29
8.
String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: IV. Coda: Allegro molto
1:50
9.
String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: I. Allegro
5:50
10.
String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: II. Prestissimo, con sordino
2:59
11.
String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: III. Non troppo lento
6:00
12.
String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato
2:48
13.
String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto
5:28