6 String Quartets

Album by Béla Bartók & Hungarian Quartet

Six String Quartets is a collection of six string quartets by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1908 and 1939. The works draw on Eastern European folk elements, extended string techniques and an adventurous rhythmic and harmonic language, tracing Bartók's development from late-Romantic influences to a more dissonant modernist style and exemplifying his role in the development of 20th-century chamber music.
First released: 1st March 1999

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: I. Lento – attacca:
    10:43
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 2, op. 17, Sz. 67: I. Moderato
    10:12
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: II. Poco a poco accelerando all’Allegretto
    9:51
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 2, op. 17, Sz. 67: II. Allegro molto capriccioso
    7:32
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7, Sz. 40: III. Allegro vivace
    10:23
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2, op. 17, Sz. 67: III. Lento
    9:34
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: I. Prima parte. Moderato – attacca:
    5:10
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: I. Allegro
    6:08
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: II. Prestissimo, con sordino
    2:59
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: II. Seconda parte. Allegro – attacca:
    5:43
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato
    3:03
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: III. Non troppo lento
    5:40
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato
    2:46
  14. 14.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: III. Coda. Allegro molto
    1:52
  15. 15.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: I. Allegro
    7:52
  16. 16.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto
    5:41
  17. 17.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: II. Adagio molto
    6:31
  18. 18.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: I. Mesto – Più mosso, pesante – Vivace
    7:36
  19. 19.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese
    4:56
  20. 20.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: II. Mesto – Marcia
    7:53
  21. 21.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: III. Mesto – Burletta
    7:06
  22. 22.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: IV. Andante
    5:00
  23. 23.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: IV. Mesto
    6:53
  24. 24.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: V. Finale. Allegro vivace
    7:03

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