Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 & 5 Jerusalem Quartet

• Bela Bartok (1881 - 1945): String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52:
• 1 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52: I. Lento 08:40
• 2 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52: II. Allegretto 10:23
• 3 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, Sz. 40, BB 52: III. Allegro vivace 10:48
• String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93:
• 4 String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93: I. Prima parte. Moderato 04:35
• 5 String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93: II. Seconda parte. Allegro 05:48
• 6 String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93: III. Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato 03:02
• 7 String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85, BB 93: IV. Coda. Allegro molto 02:07
• String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110:
• 8 String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: I. Allegro 07:59
• 9 String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: II. Adagio molto 05:55
• 10 String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese 05:21
• 11 String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: IV. Andante 05:13
• 12 String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110: V. Finale. Allegro vivace - Presto 07:33
• Total Runtime 01:17:24

Info for Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 & 5

From the opening funeral dirge of the First Quartet to the incandescent frenzy that concludes the Fifth, this disc offers a genuine panorama of the Bartókian universe. A world unto itself, constantly stamped with the heritage of Hungarian folklore so dear to the composer: two years after a first volume devoted to the even-numbered works (nos. 2, 4 and 6), the musicians of the Jerusalem Quartet expertly complete their recording of a key cycle of modern chamber music, a musical saga drawn on the scale of a lifetime!

Jerusalem Quartet

The Jerusalem Quartet
was founded in 1993, and began its training in Jerusalem, under the direction of the violinist Avi Abramovitch. From 1999 to 2001 the quartet received support from the BBC (as BBC New Generation Artists), then in 2003 it was the recipient of the first Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award.

The Jerusalem Quartet is now a regular guest in the world’s leading concert halls, notably in the United States where it is increasingly present. It performs with such artists as Alexander Melnikov, Lawrence Power, and Sharon Kam.

The quartet’s discography on harmonia mundi has won many international awards. Its interpretation of Schubert’s ‘Death and the Maiden’ Quartet won a Diapason d’Or of the Year in 2008 and an ECHO Klassik award in 2009, while its most recent release, Schumann’s Piano Quintet and Quartet, received distinctions from BBC Music Magazine, Scherzo, and Télérama.

Booklet for Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1, 3 & 5