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Bartok: Complete String Quartets / Arcadia Quartet

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Details

Composer
BARTOK, BELA
Artist
ARCADIA STRING QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Chandos
Released
Nov 02, 2018
Catalog #
CHAN 10992(2)
UPC
095115199220

About

For its very first recording on Chandos, the Arcadia String Quartet presents what has been at the very heart of its musical career and influences: the complete string quartets by Bartók.

With the music of the Hungarian composer, the members of this Romanian ensemble, neighbours of his birthplace, have won such major careershaping competitions as Osaka, the Wigmore Hall, and Hamburg.

Bartók’s attachment to the string quartet – as to no other genre – was to the keystone of the Viennese tradition, but with the aim of moving the medium out of its native city a little, into the countryside of alternative tonalities and rhythms. The six mature works he wrote are being revealed here with all the singular patterns, mixed modalities, bitterness, lamentations, and, at times, bright folk influences which they contain.

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REVIEWS:

Whatever the inspirations, these players are alive to them, just as they are alert to the technical demands lurking around every corner. These Arcadians also find haunting desolation.

– BBC Music Magazine

If I was asked to recommend a Bartók cycle to a first-time listener intimidated by his spiky reputation, I’d send them straight to the Arcadia Quartet. Even for the aficionado, this spacious, big-hearted vision of Bartók as poet, dreamer, and humorist has something distinctive and beautiful to say.

– Gramophone

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Lento 09:33
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Lento
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  3. 2 II. Poco a poco accelerando al Allegretto 09:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Poco a poco accelerando al Allegretto
    Duration
    09:20
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  4. 3 III. Introduzione: Allegro - Allegro vivace 12:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Introduzione: Allegro - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    12:00
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  5. 4 Prima parte: Moderato - 04:32
    Track
    4
    Title
    Prima parte: Moderato -
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  6. 5 Seconda parte: Allegro - 05:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    Seconda parte: Allegro -
    Duration
    05:31
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  7. 6 Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato - 03:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    Ricapitulazione della prima parte: Moderato -
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  8. 7 Coda: Allegro molto 01:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    Coda: Allegro molto
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  9. 8 I. Allegro 07:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:44
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  10. 9 II. Adagio molto 05:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  11. 10 III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese (Vivace) 04:55
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese (Vivace)
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  12. 11 IV. Andante 05:10
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Andante
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  13. 12 V. Finale: Allegro vivace 07:02
    Track
    12
    Title
    V. Finale: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  14. Disc 2
  15. 1 I. Moderato 10:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    10:07
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  16. 2 II. Allegro molto capriccioso 08:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro molto capriccioso
    Duration
    08:12
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  17. 3 III. Lento 09:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Lento
    Duration
    09:16
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  18. 4 I. Allegro 06:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  19. 5 II. Prestissimo, con sordino 02:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Prestissimo, con sordino
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  20. 6 III. Non troppo lento 05:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Non troppo lento
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  21. 7 IV. Allegretto pizzicato 02:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Allegretto pizzicato
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  22. 8 V. Allegro molto 05:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    V. Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  23. 9 I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - Vivace 07:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - Vivace
    Duration
    07:50
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  24. 10 II. Mesto - Marcia 08:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Mesto - Marcia
    Duration
    08:23
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  25. 11 III. Mesto - Burletta: Moderato 07:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Mesto - Burletta: Moderato
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet
  26. 12 IV. Mesto 07:13
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Mesto
    Duration
    07:13
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Arcadia Quartet