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Daring in virtuosity, vigorous in interpretation, and spellbinding in effect, the Takács Quartet has recorded one of the truly great sets of Bartók's monumental String Quartets (6), seldom matched and surely never surpassed. In hearing this stellar ensemble play, one is struck not so much by Bartók's unusual musical details or his myriad technical devices -- the quartets are practically a bible of advanced string techniques -- but instead, the listener is treated to "big-picture" interpretations that emphasize the shape of the movements and their relations to each other as coherent musical structures. The Takács Quartet's overarching, holistic interpretations are aided by the set's division: disc one features the odd-numbered quartets, and the even-numbered works are on disc two, so the awkward break between movements that normally results from a sequential arrangement is avoided. With explosive energy, genuine Hungarian passion, and astonishing propulsion, the musicians also play with an ear to intelligibility, and manage to make even the thorniest and densest of the quartets -- Nos. 3 and 4 -- sound utterly natural, transparently structured, and deeply communicative. London's exceptional reproduction captures the ensemble with delicious resonance; while this takes some of the bite off the harshest dissonances, it adds a perceptible luster to Bartók's palette and is preferable to the aridity of some recordings.
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String Quartet No. 1, BB 52, Op. 7 (Sz.40) (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
String Quartet No. 3, BB 93 (Sz.85) (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
String Quartet No. 5, BB 110 (Sz.102) (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
DISC 2
String Quartet No. 2, BB 75, Op. 17 (Sz.67) (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
String Quartet No. 4, BB 95 (Sz.91) (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
String Quartet No. 6, BB 119 (Sz.114) (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Bela Bartok, Composer - Christopher Pope, Producer - Takács Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist - Andras Fejér, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Károly Schranz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Dusinberre, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Philip Siney, Balance Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Roger Tapping, Viola, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Daring in virtuosity, vigorous in interpretation, and spellbinding in effect, the Takács Quartet has recorded one of the truly great sets of Bartók's monumental String Quartets (6), seldom matched and surely never surpassed. In hearing this stellar ensemble play, one is struck not so much by Bartók's unusual musical details or his myriad technical devices -- the quartets are practically a bible of advanced string techniques -- but instead, the listener is treated to "big-picture" interpretations that emphasize the shape of the movements and their relations to each other as coherent musical structures. The Takács Quartet's overarching, holistic interpretations are aided by the set's division: disc one features the odd-numbered quartets, and the even-numbered works are on disc two, so the awkward break between movements that normally results from a sequential arrangement is avoided. With explosive energy, genuine Hungarian passion, and astonishing propulsion, the musicians also play with an ear to intelligibility, and manage to make even the thorniest and densest of the quartets -- Nos. 3 and 4 -- sound utterly natural, transparently structured, and deeply communicative. London's exceptional reproduction captures the ensemble with delicious resonance; while this takes some of the bite off the harshest dissonances, it adds a perceptible luster to Bartók's palette and is preferable to the aridity of some recordings.
© TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 02:30:42
- Main artists: Takács Quartet
- Composer: Béla Bartók
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Klassiek
© 1997 Decca Music Group Limited ℗ 1997 Decca Music Group Limited
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