Composer: Béla Bartók
Performer: Jerusalem Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902240
Release: 2020
Size: 1.34 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52
01. I. Lento
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Allegro vivace
String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93
04. I. Prima parte. Moderato
05. II. Seconda parte. Allegro
06. III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato
07. IV. Coda. Allegro molto
String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Adagio molto
10. III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese
11. IV. Andante
12. V. Finale. Allegro vivace – Presto
From 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.
