Juilliard String Quartet, 50 Years: Volume 1 Béla Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 4, 3 & 6

1. String Quartet, No. 4 in C Major, Sz. 91, BB 93
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Robert Mann , Raphael Hillyer , Juilliard Quartet , Robert Koff

2. String Quartet, No. 3 in C sharp Major, Sz. 85, BB 93
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Claus Adam , Robert Mann , Isidore Cohen , Raphael Hillyer , Juilliard Quartet

3. String Quartet, No. 6 in D Major, Sz. 114, BB 119
Composed by Bela Bartok
with Robert Mann , Earl Carlyss , Juilliard Quartet , Joel Krosnick

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Average customer rating: Three Juilliard Quartets explore Bartok--a must-listen

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Three Juilliard Quartets explore Bartok--a must-listen.......2006-08-19

This CD is unique in that it gives us the Juilliard Qt. in Bartok across five decades. Quartet #4 dates from 1949 when the young, newly formed group made their first Bartok cycle. Quartet #3 is from 1963, memorializing their second, and most renowned cycle. Quartet #6 is from 1981, representing their third, and least regarded, cycle. We move from mono to digital stereo and stylistically from new-found wonder to mature assurance.

Competing against themselves is tough, but all three cycles have their virtues, and depending on what you happen to like on this CD, each cycle can be tracked down on Pearl (1950--my personal favorite), Retrospective (1963--the critics' general favorite) and Sony (1981--a great bargain). Bartok was the Juilliard's best composer, so none of these sets is negligible. It's true that the advent of the Alban Berg and Emerson Quartets put the Juilliard into the shade technically, but having said that, every performance on this CD is superlative, and the first from 1949 is one-of-a-kind. .

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