This album was recorded in April 2014 at the Lisztzentrum Raiding, Austria, with Thomas Lang as the sound engineer and Johannes Meissl as the artistic supervisor.
Performer Biography
Meta4, a Finnish string quartet formed in 2001, won First Prize at the International Shostakovich Quartet Competition in Moscow in 2004.
Composition History
Bartók's string quartets were composed between 1908-09 and 1939, with a planned seventh quartet never realized due to his death in 1945.
Performer Biography
Meta4 has received several accolades, including the 'Finland Prize' for promising young Finnish artists and the Emma prize (Finnish Grammy) for Classical Album of the Year.
Composer Biography
Béla Bartók's string quartets represent a continuous thread throughout his compositional development, alongside his piano music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Bartók was an uncompromising loner who synthesized all elements of his musical experience, culminating in masterpieces like the Fifth String Quartet.
Instruments
The members of Meta4 play distinguished instruments, including a Stradivarius violin on loan from the Finnish Cultural Foundation and a Carlo Bergonzi violin.
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