Bartók Bound, Vol. 2: String Quartets Nos. 3, 5 & 6

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many are the moments in which the Ragazze players slalom their way splendidly from challenge to challenge, with the tension strongly sustained and the ensemble well unified, breathing as one.... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 26th Nov 2021
Catalogue No: CCS42421
Label: Channel
Length: 75 minutes

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Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85

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I. Prima parte (Moderato)

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II. Seconda parte (Allegro)

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III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte (Moderato)

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IV. Coda (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

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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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Mesto - Più 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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Five years ago, we declared ourselves Bartók Bound. In so doing, we committed ourselves for an unlimited period to the fascinating music of an assiduous and headstrong Hungarian.

Béla Bartók, the composer who, in search of a new sound, sustained German romanticism while embracing the new concepts and styles emerging across Europe. Who, through his study of the folk music of very nearly all countries in the Carpathian Basin – and later Turkey and North Africa too – incorporated its melodies in his work.Thus, Bartók sought to draw nearer to his ideal: the brotherhood of men.

During these five years we compiled a number of programmes featuring at least one of Bartók’s string quartets. We placed his music alongside other composers who migrated to America in ‘Fellow Travellers’, we performed folklore from all over the world in ‘Etnos’, and we focussed on the ‘20s of the previous century and our own in ‘The Growl and the Flirt’. Our Bartók Pub Quiz drew the audience into his life and work, while for children we created the production ‘Krijg de Kleure’ [get the colour].

But the nucleus of Bartók Bound remained the same: the study and performance of all six quartets and their registration on these recordings. Bartók makes extreme demands on the player: staggering technique, rhythmic precision, and great dedication and single-mindedness in order to communicate his music to the listener. It gives enormous satisfaction to assimilate his self-created universe, to plumb the very depths of his musical language. This second album presents the fruits of this process.

Has this now come to an end? Not as far as we are concerned. The significance of these six works for the development of the string quartet in the twentieth century is inestimable. The music is so rich and challenging, so indescribably beautiful and thrilling, that we can go on playing it for years to come. And we consider it proven that one can do justice to Bartók’s music in many different ways - a conviction that we wish to continue to promote.

Many thanks to Jared Sacks, who unconditionally joined us on this venture. Ragazze

Reviews

February 2022

many are the moments in which the Ragazze players slalom their way splendidly from challenge to challenge, with the tension strongly sustained and the ensemble well unified, breathing as one. The recorded sound is clear and close.

January 2022

Happily, I can suggest you raise a glass to this second volume which is, if anything, even finer than the first...For the Ragazze Quartet catching the mood is everything, more so than dotting Is and crossing Ts.

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