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Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6

The Fine Arts Quartet

Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6
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 20065 out of 5 stars

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Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6

The Fine Arts Quartet

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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 20065 out of 5 stars

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Contents and tracklist

Bartók: String Quartet No. 1, Sz 40 (Op. 7)
Work length30:54
I. Lento
Track length9:19
II. Allegretto
Track length8:58
III. Introduzione. Allegro - Allegro vivace
Track length12:37
Bartók: String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17)
Work length28:33
I. Moderato
Track length10:58
II. Allegro molto capriccioso
Track length8:24
III. Lento
Track length9:11
Bartók: String Quartet No. 3, Sz 85
Work length17:14
Prima parte. Moderato
Track length5:41
Seconda parte. Allegro
Track length6:11
Ricapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato - Coda. Allegro molto
Track length5:22
Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91
Work length23:11
I. Allegro
Track length6:14
II. Prestissimo, con sordino
Track length2:56
III. Non troppo lento
Track length5:26
IV. Allegretto pizzicato
Track length2:56
V. Allegro molto
Track length5:39
Bartók: String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102
Work length31:03
I. Allegro
Track length7:40
II. Adagio molto
Track length5:38
III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese (Vivace)
Track length5:07
IV. Andante
Track length5:18
V. Finale - Allegro vivace
Track length7:20
Bartók: String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114
Work length30:09
I. Mesto - Piu mosso, pesante - Vivace
Track length7:44
II. Mesto - Marcia
Track length8:19
III. Mesto - Burletta. Moderato
Track length7:22
IV. Mesto
Track length6:44
na Not Applicable: Illinois television Presentation
Work length26:37
  • Leonard Sorkin, Abram Loft, Irving Ilmer, George Sopkin, Norman Pellegrini
  • Fine Arts Quartet
Music intro
Track length1:02
Pellegrini - Introduction to TV program
Track length0:58
— 1
Track length3:25
Sorkin introduces
Track length3:04
Loft lists movement titles, describes form
Track length3:50
Loft describes melodic construction
Track length2:59
Closing phase of 1st movement
Track length2:03
Sorkin introduces excerpt from end of 1st movement
Track length1:36
Loft, then Sorkin, discuss transition
Track length2:52
Discussion about contrast
Track length1:26
— 2
Track length1:06
— 3
Track length1:42
— 4
Track length0:34

Awards and reviews

March 2006

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 in the middle quartets.
5 out of 5 stars

New York Times

The Fine Arts Quartet is an excellent ensemble: secure in intonation,
musically alert, precise in workmanship. It makes a good showing in the
Bartók quartets, approaching the music with sensitivity and instrumental strength
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