Sony Classical is delighted to present this program of wonderfully vivid and original works from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. As the Juilliard String Quartet celebrates it's 70th anniversary, it has created a new recording that reflects the traditions of the past and the values of the future. Bringing together Beethoven, Davidovsky, and Bartók on one disc is a perfect representation of the quartet's principles over the course of it's entire history. As it has done so often in it's public performances, the quartet weaves together the many complex and engaging qualities that are epitomized in the three works on this disc.

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Works

Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 "Seriso"

• I. Allegro con brio
  
• II. Allegretto ma non troppo
• III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso—più allegro
• IV. Allegretto agitato—allegro

Mario Davidovsky Fragments, String Quartet No. 6

Béla Bartók String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7, SZ 40

• I. Lento
• II. Allegretto
• III. Introduzione: Allegro—Allegro Vivace

Credits

Violins: Joseph Lin & Ronald Copes
Viola: Roger Tapping
Cello: Astrid Schween