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.
First released: 1981

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1, Sz. 40, op. 7: 1. Lento — attacca
    8:00
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: 1. Prima parte. Moderato — attacca:
    4:53
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1, Sz. 40, op. 7: 2. Poco a poco accelerando all’Allegretto — Introduzione. Allegro — attacca
    8:27
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: 2. Seconda parte. Allegro — attacca: Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato
    8:41
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 1, Sz. 40, op. 7: 3. Allegro vivace
    12:01
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: 3. Coda. Allegro molto
    1:43
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2, Sz. 17, op. 17: 1. Moderato
    11:33
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: 1. Allegro
    7:31
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 2, Sz. 17, op. 17: 2. Allegro molto capriccioso
    8:33
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: 2. Adagio molto
    5:57
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: 3. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese
    5:17
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 2, Sz. 17, op. 17: 3. Lento
    9:14
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: 4. Andante
    5:19
  14. 14.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: 1. Allegro
    5:55
  15. 15.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: 2. Prestissimo, con sordino
    2:56
  16. 16.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: 5. Finale. Allegro vivace
    7:15
  17. 17.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 144: 1. Mesto — Più mosso, pesante – Vivace
    7:38
  18. 18.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: 3. Non troppo lento
    5:51
  19. 19.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 144: 2. Mesto — Marcia
    8:22
  20. 20.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: 4. Allegretto pizzicato
    2:57
  21. 21.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: 5. Allegro molto
    5:45
  22. 22.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 144: 3. Mesto — Burletta
    7:30
  23. 23.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 144: 4. Mesto
    6:56

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