Disc 1: String Quartet No. 1 (1965-1982) Movements 1 - 4, String Quartet No. 2 (1969-1980) 16:52; Disc 2: String Quartet No. 3 "Black Church: A First World Gathering of the Spirit" (1995) Movements 1 ...
Most string quartet musicians would agree that Beethoven quartets are the core of the repertoire. Bartok's quartets, with their angular structure and folk rhythms, are another important challenge, and ...
Considered by many the greatest contribution to the 20th-century string quartet repertoire, Bartók’s cycle is a rite of passage for any number of ensembles. Richard Whitehouse chooses his favourites ...