Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 & 5 Jerusalem Quartet

• Bela Bartok (1881 - 1945): String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52:
• 1String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52: I. Lento08:40
• 2String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52: II. Allegretto10:23
• 3String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52: III. Allegro vivace10:48
• String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93:
• 4String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93: I. Prima parte. Moderato04:35
• 5String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93: II. Seconda parte. Allegro05:48
• 6String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93: III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato03:02
• 7String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93: IV. Coda. Allegro molto02:07
• String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110:
• 8String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: I. Allegro07:59
• 9String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: II. Adagio molto05:55
• 10String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese05:21
• 11String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: IV. Andante05:13
• 12String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: V. Finale. Allegro vivace - Presto07:33
• Total Runtime01:17:24

Info for Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 & 5

From the opening funeral dirge of the First Quartet to the incandescent frenzy that concludes the Fifth, this disc offers a genuine panorama of the Bartókian universe. 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!

Jerusalem Quartet

The Jerusalem Quartet
was founded in 1993, and began its training in Jerusalem, under the direction of the violinist Avi Abramovitch. From 1999 to 2001 the quartet received support from the BBC (as BBC New Generation Artists), then in 2003 it was the recipient of the first Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.

The Jerusalem Quartet is now a regular guest in the world’s leading concert halls, notably in the United States where it is increasingly present. It performs with such artists as Alexander Melnikov, Lawrence Power, and Sharon Kam.

The quartet’s discography on harmonia mundi has won many international awards. Its interpretation of Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet won a Diapason d’Or of the Year in 2008 and an ECHO Klassik award in 2009, while its most recent release, Schumann’s Piano Quintet and Quartet, received distinctions from BBC Music Magazine, Scherzo, and Télérama.

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