Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85 (1927)
01 - Prima Parte. Moderato
Seconda Parte. Allegro
Ricapitulazione Della Prima Parte. Moderato
Coda. Allegro Molto

String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91 (1928)
02 - I. Allegro
03 - II. Prestissimo, Con Sordino
04 - III. Non Troppo Lento
05 - IV. Allegretto Pizzicato
06 - V. Allegro Molto

Quatuor Végh
Sandor Végh - Violin I
Sandor Zöldy - Violin II
Georges Janzer - Viola
Paul Szabo - Cello

Recording Date
1972

8 comments:

Scarpia said...

http://rapidshare.com/files/195412675/brtksq34.rar

andro said...

I have these albums, but the performance isn't very good.
Emerson Quartet plays much better.

andro said...

I have these albums, but the performance isn't very good.
Emerson Quartet plays much better.

Scarpia said...

Well Andro, it's your opinion, which I respect.

andro said...

Of course, it's my opinion.
What is your view?

Scarpia said...

Andro, Sandor Végh is my first choice on these quartets. Nothing like a great hungarian violinist playing a great hungarian composer. My second choice would be Takács. Greetings.

andro said...

It's clear. I also respect your opinion.

RMC said...

Bartok's friend, the pianist Georgy Sandor, said that too often people played Bartok as if he were simply a modernist, but that Bartok also had roots in the romantic tradition. I think that the Emersons miss the whole connection between Bartok and the romantic tradition, while the Vegh balance the two aspects wonderfully. Listen again, andro - you will enjoy!

And thanks, Scarpia!