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BÉLA BARTÓK String Quartets Nos.2, 4 & 6 Jerusalem Quartet

1h18
1 CD
HMC902235
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    A whole life in three quartets.
    The string quartets of Béla Bartók punctuate the evolution of his style and the turning points of his existence. From the Second Quartet (1915-17) reflecting the period of World War One and his troubled personal life, through the Fourth whose exploration of rhythm, tonality and timbre produces magnificent and unprecedented sonorities in its ‘night music’, to the unbearable anguish of the Sixth (1939), as his dream of fraternity was shattered against the rise of nationalism and fascism, the Jerusalem Quartet’s programme brings us the essence of the Bartókian genius.

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    Artists

    • Jerusalem Quartet
      String Quartet
    • Alexander Pavlovsky
      Violin
    • Sergei Bresler
      Violin
    • Ori Kam
      Viola
    • Kyril Zlotnikov
      Cello

    Composers

    Contents


    BÉLA BARTÓK [1881-1945]
    String Quartet no.2 op.17 Sz.67 in A minor
    · Moderato (10'04)
    · Allegro molto caprioccioso (8'01)
    · Lento (8'14)
    String Quartet no.4 op.17 Sz.91 in C major
    · Allegro (6'06)
    · Prestissimo, con sordino (3'10)
    · Non troppo lento (5'58)
    · Allegretto pizzicato (2'48)
    · Allegro molto (5'40)
    String Quartet no.6 op.17 Sz.114 in D major
    · Mesto-Più mosso,pesente- Vivace (7'29)
    · Mesto-Marcia (7'39)
    · Mesto-Burletta. Moderato (7'08)
    · Mesto (6'39)
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