Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6

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How do you like your Bartók quartets served? With precision, passion, a sense of mystery or a sense of humour? With spontaneity or with a pinch of paprika?...Quatuor Diotima offer a balanced... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…

Release Date: 22nd Mar 2019
Catalogue No: V5452
Label: Naive
Length: 2 hours 44 minutes

International Classical Music Awards

2019

Nominee - Chamber Music

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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. Allegro vivace

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

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Quatuor Diotima

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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Quatuor Diotima

I. Moderato

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II. Allegro

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III. Moderato

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IV. Allegro molto

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Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91

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Quatuor Diotima

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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Quatuor Diotima

I. Allegro

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II. Adagio molto

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III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese

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IV. Andante

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V. Finale. Allegro vivace - Presto

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Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114

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Quatuor Diotima

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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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April 2019

How do you like your Bartók quartets served? With precision, passion, a sense of mystery or a sense of humour? With spontaneity or with a pinch of paprika?...Quatuor Diotima offer a balanced blend of all the principal ingredients.

24th February 2019

Impassioned, concentrated and brilliant

25th May 2019

This new set on the revived Näive label comes from the Quatuor Diotima, long-associated with thorny contemporary repertoire. They're marvellous here, forensically accurate but never driving the music too hard...An outstanding achievement then, and a library choice. These quartets aren't always easy listening, but they contain some of the last century's most profound and emotionally affecting music. If you've not heard them before, start here.

Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6

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