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Special offer. Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6

The Fine Arts Quartet

The remastered recordings… sound remarkably fresh and clear for the period in which they were made. Balancing technical brilliance with emotional intensity, the Fine Arts are particularly convincing... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 6th Feb 2006
  • Catalogue No: MACD1176
  • Label: Music & Arts
  • Length: 3 hours 7 minutes

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Contents

Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Sz 40 (Op. 7)

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I. Lento

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II. Allegretto

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III. Introduzione. Allegro - Allegro vivace

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Bartók: String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17)

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I. Moderato

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II. Allegro molto capriccioso

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III. Lento

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Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85

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Prima parte. Moderato

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Seconda parte. Allegro

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Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato - Coda. Allegro molto

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Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91

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I. Allegro

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II. Prestissimo, con sordino

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III. Non troppo lento

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IV. Allegretto pizzicato

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V. Allegro molto

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Bartók: String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102

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I. Allegro

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II. Adagio molto

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III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese (Vivace)

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IV. Andante

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V. Finale - Allegro vivace

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Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114

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I. Mesto - Piu mosso, pesante - Vivace

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II. Mesto - Marcia

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III. Mesto - Burletta. Moderato

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IV. Mesto

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na Not Applicable: Illinois television Presentation

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  • Leonard Sorkin, Abram Loft, Irving Ilmer, George Sopkin, Norman Pellegrini
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Music intro

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Pellegrini - Introduction to TV program

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— 1

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Sorkin introduces

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Loft lists movement titles, describes form

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Loft describes melodic construction

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Closing phase of 1st movement

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Sorkin introduces excerpt from end of 1st movement

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Loft, then Sorkin, discuss transition

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Discussion about contrast

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— 2

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— 3

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— 4

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