The Six String Quartets

Album by Béla Bartók & Takács Quartet

The Six String Quartets is a cycle of six string quartets by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, written between 1908 and 1939. The works document Bartók's development from late-Romantic and folk-influenced idioms to a more modernist chamber style characterised by complex rhythms, expanded harmonic language, dissonant sonorities and exploratory string techniques, and occupy a central place in the evolution of early 20th-century chamber music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: I. Lento (attacca)
    9:01
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: II. Allegretto
    8:21
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: III. (Introduzione) Allegro
    1:38
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: IV. Allegro vivace
    10:21
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 2, op. 17, Sz. 67: I. Moderato
    10:21
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2, op. 17, Sz. 67: II. Allegro molto capriccioso
    7:53
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2, op. 17, Sz. 67: III. Lento
    8:32

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: I. Prima parte: Moderato
    5:17
  2. 3.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: II. Seconda parte: Allegro
    5:34
  3. 4.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato
    3:03
  4. 5.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: IV. Coda: Allegro molto
    2:04
  5. 6.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: I. Allegro
    5:53
  6. 7.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: II. Prestissimo, con sordino
    3:00
  7. 8.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: III. Non troppo lento
    5:27
  8. 9.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato
    2:55
  9. 10.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto
    5:40

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: I. Allegro
    7:41
  2. 4.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: II. Adagio molto
    5:33
  3. 5.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese (Vivace)
    5:15
  4. 6.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: IV. Andante
    4:55
  5. 7.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: V. Finale. Allegro vivace
    7:09
  6. 8.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: I. Mesto -- Vivace
    7:24
  7. 9.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: II. Mesto -- Marcia
    7:32
  8. 10.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: III. Mesto -- Burletta. Moderato
    6:56
  9. 11.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: IV. Mesto
    6:47

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