Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Tracks1.1 Bartók: String Quartet No.1, Op.7, SZ.40, BB 52 - I. Lento 1.2 Bartók: String Quartet No.1, Op.7, SZ.40, BB 52 - II. Allegretto 1.3 Bartók: String Quartet No.1, Op.7, SZ.40, BB 52 - III. Allegro Vivace 1.4 Bartók: String Quartet No.3, SZ.85, BB 93 - I. Prima Parte 1.5 Bartók: String Quartet No.3, SZ.85, BB 93 - II. Seconda Parte 1.6 Bartók: String Quartet No.3, SZ.85, BB 93 - III. Ricapitulazione Della Prima Parte 1.7 Bartók: String Quartet No.3, SZ.85, BB 93 - IV. Coda 1.8 Bartók: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - I. Allegro 1.9 Bartók: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - II. Adagio Molto 1.10 Bartók: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - III. Scherzo 1.11 Bartók: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - IV. Andante 1.12 Bartók: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - V. Finale
NotesFrom the opening funeral dirge of the Quartet No.1 to the incandescent frenzy that concludes the fifth, this disc offers a genuine panorama of the Bartókian universe. It's a world unto itself, constantly stamped with the heritage of Hungarian folklore so dear to the composer. Two years after a first volume devoted to the even-numbered works (Nos. 2, 4 and 6), the musicians of the Jerusalem Quartet expertly complete their recording of a key cycle of modern chamber music, a musical saga drawn on the scale of a lifetime.