String Quartets

Album by Béla Bartók & Rubin Quartet

String Quartets is a set of six string quartets by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1908 and 1939. The works trace Bartók's development from late-Romantic influences to a mature modernist voice, combining folk-derived modal melodies, complex rhythms and extended string techniques to broaden the language and formal possibilities of 20th-century chamber music.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7: I. Lento
    8:47
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7: II. Allegretto
    9:58
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1, op. 7: III. Introduzione (allegro) – allegro vivace
    10:06
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 2, op. 17: I. Moderato
    9:57
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 2, op. 17: II. Allegro
    7:37
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2, op. 17: III. Lento
    8:12
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 4: I. Allegro
    5:41
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 4: II. Prestissimo con sordino
    3:01
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 4: III. Non troppo lento
    5:16
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 4: IV. Allegretto
    2:50
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 4: V. Allegro molto
    5:33

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet no. 3: I. Prima parte: moderato
    4:47
  2. 3.
    String Quartet no. 3: II. Seconda parte: allegro
    5:28
  3. 4.
    String Quartet no. 3: III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte: moderato–allegro molto
    4:51
  4. 5.
    String Quartet no. 5: I. Allegro
    7:26
  5. 6.
    String Quartet no. 5: II. Adagio molto
    6:10
  6. 7.
    String Quartet no. 5: III. Scherzo, alla Bulgarese
    5:10
  7. 8.
    String Quartet no. 5: IV. Andante
    4:50
  8. 9.
    String Quartet no. 5: V. Finale, allegro vivace
    7:29
  9. 10.
    String Quartet no. 6: I. Mesto, vivace
    7:23
  10. 11.
    String Quartet no. 6: II. Mesto, Marcia
    7:42
  11. 12.
    String Quartet no. 6: III. Mesto, Burletta
    6:55
  12. 13.
    String Quartet no. 6: IV. Mesto
    5:56

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