巴爾托克: 第4號, 李蓋悌: 第1號(夜之變形),第2號 弦樂四重奏 馬曼四重奏 Marmen Quartet / Bartok: No. 4 | Ligeti: No. 1 Metamorphoses nocturnes & No. 2 String Quartets

巴爾托克: 第4號弦樂四重奏, 李蓋悌: 第1號(夜之變形),第2號 弦樂四重奏
馬門四重奏

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The Marmen Quartet plays seminal works by Bartok and Ligeti

For its 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 its 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 un-precedented range of colour and character from them.