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After releasing String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4 in 2019, the Ragazze Quartet now completes the Bartók Quartets cycle with Bartók Bound, Vol. 2 (String Quartets Nos. 3, 5 & 6).
Ragazze Quartet tells us: Five years ago, we declared ourselves Bartók Bound. In so doing, we committed ourselves for an unlimited period to the fascinating music of an assiduous and headstrong Hungarian.
Béla Bartók, the composer who, in search of a new sound, sustained German romanticism while embracing the new concepts and styles emerging across Europe. Who, through his study of the folk music of very all countries in the Carpathian Basin – and later Turkey and North Africa too – incorporated its melodies in his work? Thus, Bartók sought to draw nearer to his ideal: the brotherhood of men.
During these five years we compiled several programs featuring at least one of Bartók’s string quartets. We placed his music alongside other composers who migrated to America in ‘Fellow Travellers’, we performed folklore from all over the world in ‘Etnos’, and we focused on the ‘20s of the previous century and our own in ‘The Growl and the Flirt’. Our Bartók Pub Quiz drew the audience into his life and work, while for children we created the production ‘Krijg de Kleure’ [get the color].
But the nucleus of Bartók Bound remained the same: the study and performance of all six quartets and their registration on these recordings. Bartók makes extreme demands on the player: staggering technique, rhythmic precision, and great dedication and single-mindedness to communicate his music to the listener. It gives enormous satisfaction to assimilate his self-created universe, to plumb the very depths of his musical language. This second album presents the fruits of this process.
Has this now come to an end? Not as far as we are concerned. The significance of these six works for the development of the string quartet in the twentieth century is inestimable. The music is so rich and challenging, so indescribably beautiful and thrilling, that we can go on playing it for years to come. And we consider it proven that one can do justice to Bartók’s music in many ways – a conviction that we wish to continue to promote.
Ragazze Quartet
Rosa Arnold, Violin
Jeanita Vriens-van Tongeren, Violin
Annemijn Bergkotte, Viola
Rebecca Wise, Violoncello
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String Quartet No. 3 in C-Sharp Major, Sz. 85, BB 93 (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
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Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
String Quartet No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Sz. 102, BB 110 (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
String Quartet No. 6 in D Minor, Sz. 114, BB 119 (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Bela Bartok, Composer - Copyright Control, MusicPublisher - Ragazze Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
Album review
After releasing String Quartets Nos. 1, 2 & 4 in 2019, the Ragazze Quartet now completes the Bartók Quartets cycle with Bartók Bound, Vol. 2 (String Quartets Nos. 3, 5 & 6).
Ragazze Quartet tells us: Five years ago, we declared ourselves Bartók Bound. In so doing, we committed ourselves for an unlimited period to the fascinating music of an assiduous and headstrong Hungarian.
Béla Bartók, the composer who, in search of a new sound, sustained German romanticism while embracing the new concepts and styles emerging across Europe. Who, through his study of the folk music of very all countries in the Carpathian Basin – and later Turkey and North Africa too – incorporated its melodies in his work? Thus, Bartók sought to draw nearer to his ideal: the brotherhood of men.
During these five years we compiled several programs featuring at least one of Bartók’s string quartets. We placed his music alongside other composers who migrated to America in ‘Fellow Travellers’, we performed folklore from all over the world in ‘Etnos’, and we focused on the ‘20s of the previous century and our own in ‘The Growl and the Flirt’. Our Bartók Pub Quiz drew the audience into his life and work, while for children we created the production ‘Krijg de Kleure’ [get the color].
But the nucleus of Bartók Bound remained the same: the study and performance of all six quartets and their registration on these recordings. Bartók makes extreme demands on the player: staggering technique, rhythmic precision, and great dedication and single-mindedness to communicate his music to the listener. It gives enormous satisfaction to assimilate his self-created universe, to plumb the very depths of his musical language. This second album presents the fruits of this process.
Has this now come to an end? Not as far as we are concerned. The significance of these six works for the development of the string quartet in the twentieth century is inestimable. The music is so rich and challenging, so indescribably beautiful and thrilling, that we can go on playing it for years to come. And we consider it proven that one can do justice to Bartók’s music in many ways – a conviction that we wish to continue to promote.
Ragazze Quartet
Rosa Arnold, Violin
Jeanita Vriens-van Tongeren, Violin
Annemijn Bergkotte, Viola
Rebecca Wise, Violoncello
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:35
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Ragazze Quartet
- Composer: Béla Bartók
- Label: Channel Classics
- Genre: Classical
2021 Channel Classics Records 2021 Channel Classics Records
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