The String Quartets

Album by Béla Bartók & Tokyo String Quartet

The String Quartets are a cycle of six string quartets by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1908 and 1939. The works blend folk-derived melodies, extended string techniques and modernist harmonic and rhythmic language, charting Bartók's development from late-Romantic influences toward a more austere, rhythmically driven modernism that has been influential within 20th-century chamber music.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 1, Sz 40 (Op. 7): I. Lento - attacca
    8:00
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 1, Sz 40 (Op. 7): II. Poco a poco accelerando all'Allegretto - Introduzione: Allegro - attacca
    8:28
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 1, Sz 40 (Op. 7): III. Allegro vivace
    12:08
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85: I. Prima parte: Moderato - attacca
    4:51
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85: II. Seconda parte: Allegro - attacca: Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato
    8:41
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85: III. Coda: Allegro molto
    1:44

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91: I. Allegro
    5:59
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91: II. Prestissimo con sordino
    2:59
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91: III. Non troppo lento
    5:53
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato
    2:59
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91: V. Allegro molto
    5:45
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102: I. Allegro
    7:35
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102: II. Adagio molto
    5:59
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102: III. Scherzo: Alla bulgarese
    5:19
  9. 9.
    String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102: IV. Andante
    5:21
  10. 10.
    String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102: V. Finale: Allegro vivace
    7:16

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17): I. Moderato
    11:39
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17): II. Allegro molto capriccioso
    8:38
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17): III. Lento
    9:22
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114: I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - Vivace
    7:41
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114: II. Mesto - Marcia
    8:24
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114: III. Mesto - Burletta
    7:32
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114: IV. Mesto
    6:56

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