Complete String Quartets

Album by Béla Bartók & Hagen Quartett

Complete String Quartets is the cycle of six string quartets by Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, composed between 1908 and 1939. The works chart his evolution from early folk-influenced modernism to later, more dissonant and expressionistic writing, combining folk rhythms and modal inflections with advanced harmonic, rhythmic and extended techniques, and they occupy a key place in his chamber music output and in 20th-century repertoire.
First released: 27th July 2010

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 1, Sz. 40 (op. 7): I. Lento
    9:26
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: I. Prima parte: Moderato
    4:48
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 1, Sz. 40 (op. 7): II. Poco a poco accelerando all'Allegretto – Introduzione: Allegro
    10:31
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: II. Seconda parte: Allegro – Recapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato
    8:32
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 1, Sz. 40 (op. 7): III. Allegro vivace - Adagio - Tempo I
    9:51
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: III. Coda. Allegro molto
    1:59
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 2, Sz. 67 (op. 17): I. Moderato
    9:41
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: I. Allegro
    7:12
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 2, Sz. 67 (op. 17): II. Allegro molto capriccioso
    7:42
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: II. Adagio molto
    5:56
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: III. Scherzo: Alla bulgarese
    4:47
  12. 12.
    String Quartet no. 2, Sz. 67 (op. 17): III. Lento
    8:50
  13. 13.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: IV. Andante
    4:59
  14. 14.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: I. Allegro
    6:17
  15. 15.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: II. Prestissimo, con sordino
    2:49
  16. 16.
    String Quartet no. 5, Sz. 102: V. Finale: Allegro vivace
    6:56
  17. 17.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: I. Mesto – Vivace
    7:48
  18. 18.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: III. Non troppo lento
    5:46
  19. 19.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: II. Mesto – Marcia
    8:03
  20. 20.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: IV. Allegretto pizzicato
    2:44
  21. 21.
    String Quartet no. 4, Sz. 91: V. Allegro molto
    5:35
  22. 22.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: III. Mesto – Burletta (Moderato)
    7:12
  23. 23.
    String Quartet no. 6, Sz. 114: IV. Mesto - Molto tranquillo
    6:39

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