Béla Bartók, The Fine Arts Quartet – The Six String Quartets

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Label:	Music & Arts – CD-1176
Format:	3 x CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo Box Set
Country:	US
Released:	2006
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Modern

Tracklist

	CD 1 OF 3 (1:16:46)
	String Quartet No.1, Op.7 (1908)	(30:50)
1-1	I Lento	9:19
1-2	II Poca A Poco Accelerando Al Allegretto	8:59
1-3	(Introduzione.) Allegro; III Allegro Vivace	12:32
	String Quartet No.2, Op.17 (1917)	(28:28)
1-4	I Moderato	10:59
1-5	II Allegro Molto Capriccioso	8:24
1-6	III Lento	9:05
	String Quartet No.3 (1927)	(17:16)
1-7	I Prima Parte. Moderato	5:41
1-8	II Seconda Parte. Allegro	6:12
1-9	III Ricapitulazione Della Prima Parte, Moderato; Coda. Allegro Molto	5:23
	CD 2 OF 3 (54:19)
	String Quartet No. 4 (1928)	(23:07)
2-1	I Allegro	6:15
2-2	II Prestissimo, Con Sordino	2:56
2-3	III Non Troppo Lento	5:26
2-4	IV Allegretto Pizzicato	2:56
2-5	V Allegro Molto	5:34
	String Quartet No.5 (1934)	(31:05)
2-6	I Allegro	7:40
2-7	II Adagio Molto	5:38
2-8	III Scherzo. Alla Bulgarese (Vivace)	5:08
2-9	IV Andante	5:18
2-10	V Finale. Allegro Vivace / Presto	7:21
	CD 3 OF 3 (57:07)
	String Quartet No.6 (1939)	(30:10)
3-1	I Mesto / Più Mosso, Pesante / Vivace	7:44
3-2	II Mesto / Marcia	8:19
3-3	III Mesto / Burletta	7:23
3-4	IV Mesto	6:44
	From A 1959 Chicago Television Program: Bartók's First Quartet Discussed By Members Of The Fine Arts Quartet [Audio Only]	(26:41)
3-5	Music Intro -- Ending Of Bartók Quartet No. 1	1:02
3-6	Pellegrini: Introduction To TV Program	0:58
3-7	Rehearsal Discussion: Voices Heard, In Sequence -- Pellegrini, Sorkin, Sopkin, Ilmer, Pellegrini, Loft.
3-8	Excerpt: Mvt. 3, Sorkin Introduces Examples (Working Back From End Of Quartet), Loft Shows Illustrations, Examples Are Played.	3:04
3-9	Pellegrini; Loft Lists Movement Titles, Describes Form. Excerpt, Opening Of 1st Movement. Loft Shows Graph Of Melodies, With Examples	3:50
3-10	Loft Describes Melodic Construction, Sopkin Illustrates With Shaped-Wire Graph, Sorkin Describes Four-voice Texture, Ilmer Introduces Example	2:59
3-11	Closing Phase Of 1st Movement; Sopkin Sets Stage For New Section, Loft Introduces Examples, Shows Illustrations; Examples Are Played.	2:04
3-12	Sorkin Introduces Excerpt From End Of 1st Movment; Sopkin, Pellegrini.	1:36
3-13	Loft, Then Sorkin, Discuss Transition; Examples Played.	2:53
3-14	Discussion About Contrast; Sorkin Introduces Example; Ilmer, Closing Excerpt	1:27
3-15	Introduzione: Pellegrini; Sopkin Cites Fanfare That Announces The Introduction; Sopkin And Sorkin Play Their Respective Cadenzas In That Section	1:07
3-16	3rd Movement: Loft Leads Off: Ilmer Plays Dance-like Theme Transformation; Sopkin And Loft Cite Later Excerpt.	1:42
3-17	Pellegrini: Conclusion	0:34

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Licensed From – Countdown Media
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Music And Arts Programs Of America, Inc.
Recorded At – Masonic Hall, Wilmette, Illinois

Credits

Composed By – Béla Bartók
Engineer, Edited By – Leonard Sorkin
Liner Notes – Abram Loft
Performer, Ensemble – The Fine Arts Quartet
Producer – The Fine Arts Quartet
Remastered By [2005, from original master tapes] – Maggi Payne
Viola [The Fine Arts Quartet] – Irving Ilmer
Violin [The Fine Arts Quartet] – Abram Loft, Leonard Sorkin
Violoncello [The Fine Arts Quartet] – George Sopkin

Notes

The acclaimed 1959 Concert-Disc recordings • Digitally restored from the original masters

℗ 2006 Music & Arts Programs of America, Inc. [Printed on back of box]
℗ 2005 Music & Arts Programs of America, Inc. [Printed on individual CD discs]

Recorded in 1959 in the Masonic Hall, Wilmette, Illinois
First released on the Concert Disc label on three stereo LPs, CS-207/209

CD3 tracks 5 to 17: WTTW Channel 11, Chicago, Illinois television presentation: The Fine Arts Quartet Plays Bartok: (Leonard Sorkin and Abram Loft, violin; Irving Ilmer, viola; George Sopkin, violoncello); with program announcer, Norman Pellegrini. Discussion of Bartok String Quartet No. 1. (26:41)

Three CDs, each in its own white, round-window paper sleeve, inside a hardboard hinged box, which includes a 24 page booklet, notes in English.

Note -- No timing is given for Track 7 on CD3.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 0 17685 11762 6
SPARS Code: AAD
Matrix / Runout (CD-1176 CD 1 Of 3): CD-1176/1
Mastering SID Code (CD-1176 CD 1 Of 3): IFPI LT22
Mould SID Code (CD-1176 CD 1 Of 3): IFPI UU019
Matrix / Runout (CD-1176 CD 2 Of 3): CD-1176/2
Mastering SID Code (CD-1176 CD 2 Of 3): IFPI LT22
Mould SID Code (CD-1176 CD 2 Of 3): IFPI UU011
Matrix / Runout (CD-1176 CD 3 Of 3): CD-1176/3
Mastering SID Code (CD-1176 CD 3 Of 3): IFPI LT22
Mould SID Code (CD-1176 CD 3 Of 3): IFPI UU011

Other Versions (5)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	The Complete Quartets Of Béla Bartók (3×LP, Box Set, )	Concert-Disc	MP-1501	US	1958
New Submission	The Complete Quartets Of Béla Bartók (3×LP, Stereo, Box Set, )	Concert-Disc	SP-501	US	1958
New Submission	The Complete Cycle Of Six String Quartets (3×LP, Mono, Box Set, )	Concert-Disc	CDM-1501	US	1959
New Submission	The Complete Cycle Of Six String Quartets (3×LP, Box Set, )	Concert-Disc	CDM 1501	US	Unknown
New Submission	The Complete Cycle Of Six String Quartets (3×LP, Stereo, Box Set, Stereo)	Concert-Disc	CS 501	US	Unknown