Janáček & Ligeti: Quartets Belcea Quartet

• Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928): String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata":
• 1 String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": I. Adagio con moto 04:21
• 2 String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": II. Con moto 04:59
• 3 String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": III. Con moto - Vivace - Andante - Tempo I 04:37
• 4 String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata": IV. Con moto 05:54
• String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters":
• 5 String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": I. Andante - Con moto - Allegro 06:39
• 6 String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": II. Adagio - Vivace 06:14
• 7 String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": III. Moderato - Andante - Adagio 05:32
• 8 String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters": IV. Allegro - Andante - Adagio 08:49
• György Ligeti (1923 - 2006): String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses Nocturnes":
• 9 String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses Nocturnes" 23:29
• Total Runtime 01:10:34

Info for Janáček & Ligeti: Quartets

For this new recording, The Belcea Quartet has chosen 3 quartets by two iconic composers of the 20th century : Leos Janáček and György Ligeti. The first quartet was inspired by Leon Tolstoy’s famous novella, The Kreutzer Sonata. The secon quartet is subtitled Intimate Letters, in homage to Kamila Stösslova. And th first quartet by igeti, subtitled Métamorphoses nocturnes because of its particular form is described as a sort of theme and variations but not with a specific them.

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