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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

3 CDs

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Contents

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

Work length30:54
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  • Fine Arts Quartet

I. Lento

Track length9:19
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II. Allegretto

Track length8:58
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III. Introduzione. Allegro - Allegro vivace

Track length12:37
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Bartók: String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17)

Work length28:33
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  • Fine Arts Quartet

I. Moderato

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II. Allegro molto capriccioso

Track length8:24
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III. Lento

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Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85

Work length17:14
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  • Fine Arts Quartet

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

Work length23:11
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  • Fine Arts Quartet

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

Work length31:03
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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

Work length30:09
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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

Work length26:37
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  • Leonard Sorkin, Abram Loft, Irving Ilmer, George Sopkin, Norman Pellegrini
  • Fine Arts Quartet

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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