It's an interesting notion to program string quartets by Leos Janácek and Béla Bartók together, since these early twentieth century composers shared an Eastern European cultural heritage and a common musical language, derived in part from the region's colorful folk traditions. The Bennewitz Quartet has recorded Janácek's String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata," and his String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters," with Bartók's String Quartet No. 4, and to the extent that one compares the folk rhythms, novel harmonies, and ...
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It's an interesting notion to program string quartets by Leos Janácek and Béla Bartók together, since these early twentieth century composers shared an Eastern European cultural heritage and a common musical language, derived in part from the region's colorful folk traditions. The Bennewitz Quartet has recorded Janácek's String Quartet No. 1, "Kreutzer Sonata," and his String Quartet No. 2, "Intimate Letters," with Bartók's String Quartet No. 4, and to the extent that one compares the folk rhythms, novel harmonies, and exotic melodies that permeate this music, the works are suitably matched. However, one may note the intense eroticism of Janácek's quartets and feel they are mismatched with Bartók's most cerebral and astringent quartet; a more appropriate substitute would have been Bartók's String Quartet No. 1, which is much closer in emotional intensity and tonal style to Janácek's music and similarly inspired by a romantic relationship. In any event, this 2008 release on Coviello Classics features...
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