Special offer. Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6
Arcadia String Quartet
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. — More…
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Record Review8th December 2018Disc of the Week
2 CDs
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Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Sz 40 (Op. 7)
- Arcadia Quartet
- Recorded: 26-29 September 2017 and 4-7 April 2018
- Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk
I. Lento
II. Poco a poco accelerando al allegretto
III. Introduzione. Allegro - Allegro vivace
Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85
- Arcadia Quartet
- Recorded: 26-29 September 2017 and 4-7 April 2018
- Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk
Prima parte. Moderato
Seconda parte. Allegro
Ricapitolazione della prima parte. Moderato
Coda. Allegro molto
Bartók: String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102
- Arcadia Quartet
- Recorded: 26-29 September 2017 and 4-7 April 2018
- Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk
I. Allegro
II. Adagio molto
III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese
IV. Andante
V. Finale. Allegro vivace
Bartók: String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17)
- Arcadia Quartet
- Recorded: 26-29 September 2017 and 4-7 April 2018
- Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk
I. Moderato
II. Allegro molto capriccioso
III. Lento
Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91
- Arcadia Quartet
- Recorded: 26-29 September 2017 and 4-7 April 2018
- Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk
I. Allegro
II. Prestissimo, con sordino
III. Non troppo lento
IV. Allegretto pizzicato
V. Allegro molto
Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114
- Arcadia Quartet
- Recorded: 26-29 September 2017 and 4-7 April 2018
- Recording Venue: Potton Hall, Suffolk
I. Mesto - Più mosso, pesante - Vivace
II. Mesto - Marcia
III. Mesto - Burletta. Moderato
IV. Mesto
