Béla Bartók's Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 20, had only been performed twice before this recording: once by Bartók himself and once in Hungary in 1964.
Performer Biography
The Notos Quartett, formed in 2007, has won several international competitions, including first prizes at the Schoenfeld International String Competition in China and the Parkhouse Award in London.
Composer Biography
Béla Bartók and Ernst von Dohnányi, two Hungarian composers featured on this album, were lifelong friends who both aspired to careers as pianists and composers.
Recording & Production
This album is a debut recording for the Notos Quartett, featuring an unusual program of rediscovered works.
Composition History
Béla Bartók's Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 20, was a sensational discovery for the Notos Quartett, having lain undisturbed in an archive until now.
Composition History
Zoltán Kodály's single-movement piece for string trio, titled 'Intermezzo', is an early work composed soon after the piano quartets by his friends Bartók and Dohnányi.
Composer Biography
Béla Bartók studied the works of Ernst von Dohnányi, who was four years his elder and found early success, leading Bartók to write his own piano quartet at age seventeen.
