Jerusalem Quartet Bartok: String Quartets Nos.1 3 & 5 CD

From the opening funeral dirge of the Quartet No.1 to the incandescent frenzy that concludes the fifth, this disc offers a genuine panorama of the Bart?kian universe. It's 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.

1. Bart?k: String Quartet No.1, Op.7, SZ.40, BB 52 - I. Lento 2. Bart?k: String Quartet No.1, Op.7, SZ.40, BB 52 - II. Allegretto 3. Bart?k: String Quartet No.1, Op.7, SZ.40, BB 52 - III. Allegro Vivace 4. Bart?k: String Quartet No.3, SZ.85, BB 93 - I. Prima Parte 5. Bart?k: String Quartet No.3, SZ.85, BB 93 - II. Seconda Parte 6. Bart?k: String Quartet No.3, SZ.85, BB 93 - III. Ricapitulazione Della Prima Parte 7. Bart?k: String Quartet No.3, SZ.85, BB 93 - IV. Coda 8. Bart?k: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - I. Allegro 9. Bart?k: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - II. Adagio Molto 10. Bart?k: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - III. Scherzo 11. Bart?k: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - IV. Andante 12. Bart?k: String Quartet No.5, SZ.102, BB 110 - V. Finale