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Bartók: Complete String Quartets / Guarneri String Quartet

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Béla Bartók: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 7/Sz 40; Quartet for Strings no 3, Sz 85; Quartet for Strings no 5, Sz 102; Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 17; Quartet for St...
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Ensemble: Guarneri String Quartet

Béla Bartók, born in 1881, is considered by many to be the greatest Hungarian composer as well as one of the most significant musical voices...continue...
Recording information: New York City, New York, USA....continue...

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-11-16

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji

This CD contains two works that illustrate the two very different sides to Bartók's musical personality. The ballet The Miraculous Mandarin (1926) is a work...continue...
Recording information: Boston (02/1994-03/1994)....continue...

Bela Bartok: Complete String Quartets

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Béla Bartók: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 7/Sz 40; Quartet for Strings no 2 in A minor, Op. 17; Quartet for Strings no 4, Sz 91; Quartet for Strings no 3, Sz 85; Quartet for Str...

Bela Bartok's six quartets are considered the most important cycle of works in the genre after those of Beethoven. Like Beethoven, the form of the...continue...