Marmen Quartet - Ligeti & Bartók: String Quartets (2025) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

For it's first recording for BIS Records, the Marmen Quartet tackles three major works from the twentieth-century string quartet literature. The two quartets by Gyorgy Ligeti belong to two different periods in the composer's output. Written before Ligeti left Hungary and emigrated to the West, the First, subtitled 'Metamorphoses nocturnes', represents the peak of his 'Hungarian' period. Regarded as a virtuoso exercise, the work reveals the influences of Bela Bartok, particularly from his Third and Fourth Quartets. Ligeti's Second Quartet belongs to his second period, particularly rich in significant works. Considered by the composer as a response to the works of his illustrious predecessors such as Mozart, Beethoven, Bartok and Berg, the Second Quartet, with it's calculated anarchy, dynamic extremes and sublime climaxes, is not only one of Ligeti's masterpieces but also a true classic of modernism.Bela Bartok's Fourth Quartet, which had a particularly strong influence on Ligeti, is widely seen as one of his most radical; it requires high levels of technical accomplishment from the performers, yet reveals a deep understanding of the instruments, and draws an unprecedented range of colour and character from them.

TRACKLIST

1. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": I. Allegro grazioso
2. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": II. Vivace, capriccioso
3. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": III. Adagio, mesto
4. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": IV. Presto
5. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": V. Andante tranquillo
6. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": VI. Tempo di Valse, moderato, con eleganza, un poco capriccioso
7. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": VII. Allegretto, un poco gioviale
8. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 "Métamorphoses nocturnes": VIII. Prestissimo
9. Marmen Quartet - Bartók: String Quartet No. 4: I. Allegro
10. Marmen Quartet - Bartók: String Quartet No. 4: II. Prestissimo, con sordino
11. Marmen Quartet - Bartók: String Quartet No. 4: III. Non troppo lento
12. Marmen Quartet - Bartók: String Quartet No. 4: IV. Allegretto pizzicato
13. Marmen Quartet - Bartók: String Quartet No. 4: V. Allegro molto
14. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2: I. Allegro nervoso
15. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2: II. Sostenuto, molto calmo
16. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2: III. Come un meccanismo di precisione
17. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2: IV. Presto furioso, brutale, tumultuoso
18. Marmen Quartet - Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2: V. Allegro con delicatezza - stets sehr mild



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