Hungarian Treasures: Bartok, Dohnanyi, Kodaly | Sony 88985411882

Hungarian Treasures: Bartok, Dohnanyi, Kodaly

Label: Sony

Cat No: 88985411882

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 24th February 2017

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About

Formed in Berlin as recently as 2007, the Notos Quartet presents the world-premiere recording of a work by Béla Bartók. For years the Hungarian composer’s Piano Quartet in C minor, op.20, was believed to be lost but was rediscovered following extensive research by the members of the ensemble, who prepared the present edition on the basis of the composer’s autograph score. In addition to this world-premiere recording, ‘Hungarian Treasures’ also features works by two other Hungarian composers who were friendly with Bartók: the First Piano Quartet in F sharp minor by Ernst von Dohnányi (1877–1960) and the Intermezzo for string trio by Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967).

Reviews

This all-Hungarian disc by the Berlin-based Notos Quartett ends with the 1898 Piano Quartet by Bartók – but a 17-year-old Bartók, sounding more Brahmsian than Brahms himself. The work was lost, and while it’s unclear whether this really is the first ever recording, it’s certainly the only one generally available. The Notos players give a fiery performance, hot-headed in the second movement, alternating richness with stillness in the third, and doing what they can with Bartók’s slightly heavy-handed finale.  Erica Jeal
The Guardian 23 February 2017

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