The Six String Quartets

Album by Béla Bartók & Juilliard String Quartet

The Six String Quartets are a cycle of six chamber works by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1908 and 1939. They chart his development from late-Romantic and folk-influenced idioms to a concise, modernist language characterised by complex rhythms, dissonant harmonies and novel string techniques, and they occupy a central place in his chamber output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 7, Sz. 40: I. Lento
    9:04
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 7, Sz. 40: II. Introduzione: Allegretto
    8:23
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 7, Sz. 40: III. Allegro vivace
    12:04
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op.17, Sz. 67: I. Moderato
    10:49
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op.17, Sz. 67: II. Allegro molto capriccioso
    7:44
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op.17, Sz. 67: III. Lento
    9:32
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp major, Sz. 85: Prima parte: Moderato
    4:34
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp major, Sz. 85: Seconda parte: Allegro
    5:30
  9. 9.
    String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp major, Sz. 85: Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato
    3:02
  10. 10.
    String Quartet No. 3 in C sharp major, Sz. 85: Coda: Allegro molto
    1:55
  11. 11.
    String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: I. Allegro
    5:47

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: II. Prestissimo, con sordino
    2:57
  2. 3.
    String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: III. Non troppo lento
    5:30
  3. 4.
    String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato
    2:52
  4. 5.
    String Quartet No. 4 in C major, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto
    5:42
  5. 6.
    String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: I. Allegro
    7:25
  6. 7.
    String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: II. Adagio molto
    6:30
  7. 8.
    String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: III. Scherzo: Alla bulgarese
    5:05
  8. 9.
    String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: IV. Andante
    5:09
  9. 10.
    String Quartet No. 5 in B-flat major, Sz. 102: V. Finale: Allegro vivace
    7:16
  10. 11.
    String Quartet No. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - Vivace
    7:30
  11. 12.
    String Quartet No. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: II. Mesto - Marcia
    7:32
  12. 13.
    String Quartet No. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: III. Mesto - Burletta: Moderato
    7:17
  13. 14.
    String Quartet No. 6 in D major, Sz. 114: IV. Mesto
    6:51

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