Béla Bartók: Complete String Quartets [Végh Quartet, 1954 version remastered], by Végh Quartet

Béla Bartók: Complete String Quartets [Végh Quartet, 1954 version remastered]

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	1.	String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40 : I. Lento - attaca 09:42
	2.	String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40 : II. Poco a poco accelerando all’allegretto - Introduzione allegro - attaca 08:46
	3.	String Quartet No. 1, Sz. 40 : III. Allegro vivace 12:18
	4.	String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 : I. Prima parte. Moderato - attaca 04:25
	5.	String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 : II. Seconda parte. Allegro - attaca 05:57
	6.	String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 : III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato 02:58
	7.	String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 : IV. Coda. Allegro molto 02:12
	8.	String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 : I. Allegro 07:19
	9.	String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 : II. Adagio molto 05:20
	10.	String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 : III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese - Trio 04:31
	11.	String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 : IV. Andante 04:48
	12.	String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102 : V. Finale. Allegro vivace - Presto 06:58
	13.	String Quartet No. 2, Sz. 67 : I. Moderato 09:34
	14.	String Quartet No. 2, Sz. 67 : II. Prestissimo, con sordino 07:36
	15.	String Quartet No. 2, Sz. 67 : III. Non troppo lento 08:52
	16.	String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 : I. Allegro 06:13
	17.	String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 : II. Prestissimo, con sordino 02:48
	18.	String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 : III. Non troppo lento 05:18
	19.	String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 : IV. Allegretto pizzicato 02:54
	20.	String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 : V. Allegro molto 05:41
	21.	String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114 : I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - Vivace 07:36
	22.	String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114 : II. Mesto - Marcia 08:12
	23.	String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114 : III. Mesto - Burletta. Moderato 07:21
	24.	String Quartet No. 6, Sz. 114 : IV. Mesto 05:49

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Bartók’s complete string quartets, as played by the Végh Quartet back in 1954, is still the best interpretation of this fabulous musical encapsulation of the 20th century. The First Quartet (1907) glorifies Beethoven’s 16th, while the Sixth closes with the quarter tones of a wistful (mesto) and gradually etiolating refrain. In turn expressionist, with Webern-like denseness, then discursive, exploiting timbre to the full, the rural undercurrent is magnified, its acoustic scale and inventive rhythms inspired by contemporary music from central Europe, Turkey and North Africa. In all, a sense of powerful authenticity: A genuine transfiguration.

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released January 1, 2017

Végh Quartet (Ensemble)

Recorded in London, September-October 1954

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