Complete String Quartets
Album by Béla Bartók & Keller Quartet
Complete String Quartets is the set of six string quartets by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1908 and 1939. The works trace Bartók's development from late-Romantic and folk-influenced idioms to a mature modernist language characterised by dissonance, complex rhythms, modal and folk-derived melodies, and innovative string writing that is central to 20th-century chamber music.
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Disc 1
- 1.String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40: I. Lento9:11
- 2.String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40: II. Poco a poco accelerando all'allegretto8:46
- 3.String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40: III. Introduzione Allegro - Allegro vivace11:20
- 4.String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67: I. Moderato9:51
- 5.String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67: II. Allegro molto capriccioso7:31
- 6.String Quartet No. 2, Op. 17, Sz. 67: III. Lento8:14
- 7.String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91: I. Allegro6:01
- 8.String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91: II. Prestissimo, con sordino2:48
- 9.String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91: III. Non troppo lento5:24
- 10.String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato2:39
- 11.String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto5:15
Disc 2
- 2.String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85: I. Prima parte: Moderato4:39
- 3.String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85: II. Seconda parte: Allegro5:21
- 4.String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85: III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato / IV. Coda: Allegro molto5:07
- 5.String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102: I. Allegro7:08
- 6.String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102: II. Adagio molto5:28
- 7.String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102: III. Scherzo: Alla bulgarese - Trio4:46
- 8.String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102: IV. Andante4:44
- 9.String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102: V. Finale: Allegro vivace - Presto6:36
- 10.String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114: I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - Vivace7:33
- 11.String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114: II. Mesto - Marcia7:41
- 12.String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114: III. Mesto - Burletta: Moderato7:01
- 13.String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114: IV. Mesto6:14













