String Quartets (Complete)

Album by Béla Bartók & Vermeer Quartet

String Quartets (Complete) is the complete cycle of six string quartets by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1908 and 1939. The quartets span late-Romantic to modernist idioms, are characterised by folk-influenced rhythms, modal and dissonant harmonies and extended string techniques, and they chart Bartók's development from early nationalist writing to a mature modernist language that influenced 20th-century chamber music.
First released: 17th May 2005

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7, Sz. 40: I. Lento - attacca
    9:05
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 17, Sz. 67: I. Moderato
    9:58
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7, Sz. 40: II. Poco a poco accelerando - Allegretto
    8:29
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 17, Sz. 67: II. Allegro molto capriccioso
    7:38
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, op. 7, Sz. 40: III. Introduzione - Allegro - Allegro vivace
    11:54
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 2 in A minor, op. 17, Sz. 67: III. Lento
    8:45
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 3 in C-sharp major, Sz. 85: I. Prima parte. Moderato -
    4:45
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: I. Allegro
    6:10
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 3 in C-sharp major, Sz. 85: II. Seconda parte. Allegro -
    5:37
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: II. Prestissimo, con sordino
    3:08
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: III. Non troppo lento
    5:13
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 3 in C-sharp major, Sz. 85: III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato - Coda. Allegro molto
    4:52
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato
    2:48
  14. 14.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: I. Allegro
    7:24
  15. 15.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: II. Adagio molto
    6:01
  16. 16.
    String Quartet no. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto
    5:48
  17. 17.
    String Quartet no. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - Vivace
    7:35
  18. 18.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: III. Scherzo
    5:17
  19. 19.
    String Quartet no. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: II. Mesto - Marcia
    7:43
  20. 20.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: IV. Andante
    5:04
  21. 21.
    String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: V. Finale: Allegro vivace
    7:29
  22. 22.
    String Quartet no. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: III. Mesto - Burletta
    7:10
  23. 23.
    String Quartet no. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: IV. Mesto
    6:30

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