The Jerusalem Quartet smartly notices the difference between the odd and even quartets out of Bartók’s six beguiling string quartets. Not only are they odd-numbered but they are even odd in nature. In fact, 1, 3, and 5 prove to be the most technically difficult out of the whole bunch, and the Jerusalem Quartet handle them with a high degree of finesse and attention. It’s the variance between the romantic anchor in the first, the onerous technicality of the third, and the ...
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