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!
BÉLA BARTÓK [1881-1945]
String Quartet No. 1 Op. 7, Sz. 40 (1909)
A minor / La mineur / a-Moll
· I. Lento (8'40)
· II. Allegretto (10'23)
· III. Allegro vivace (10'48)
String Quartet No. 3 Sz. 85 (1927)
· I. Prima parte. Moderato (4'35)
· II. Seconda parte. Allegro (5'48)
· III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato (3'02)
· IV. Coda. Allegro molto (2'07)
String Quartet No. 5 Sz. 102 (1934)
· I. Allegro (7'59)
· II. Adagio molto (5'55)
· III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese (5'21)
· IV. Andante (5'13)
· V. Finale. Allegro vivace - Presto (7'33)
