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The 2018 album of Bartók's Complete String Quartets was recorded by the Arcadia String Quartet and released by the label Chandos.
Album Details
Aspect Details
Performers Arcadia String Quartet
Composer Béla Bartók
Label Chandos
Release Date October 5, 2018
Catalogue Number CHAN10992(2) (2 CDs)
Total Length Approximately 2 hours and 39-44 minutes
Recording Venue Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk
Critical Reception
Poetic Quality and Sensitivity: The performances have been noted for their overall poetic quality, sensitivity to the drama and humor in the music, and the practically tangible involvement of the players.
Tonal Blend: The quartet's lovely tonal blend is captured in a warm acoustic, characteristic of the classic East-European soft-grained tradition.
Interpretation: Reviewers from sources such as MusicWeb International suggest the quartet finds a moving "threnody" in the final movement of the Sixth Quartet, and that the music sounds "purely attractive". Some critics from Gramophone and The Strad noted that while the playing is "compelling" and "beautiful," it might be too "civilized" for those expecting more "primal savagery" or "daring gutsiness" in Bartók's more aggressive writing.
Value: One critic notes the recording is a "compelling and very beautiful cycle that elbows its way to a place at the crowded top table" of Bartók recordings.
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