Dante Quartet - Kodaly: String Quartets, Intermezzo & Gavotte

In the chamber works recorded here, spanning Kodaly�s career, we can hear an unwavering desire to place genuine Hungarian folk music (rather than the �style hongrois� espoused by the Strauss family and many other composers) within classical music traditions. Bartok wrote of his compatriot that �if I were to name the composer whose works are the most perfect embodiment of the Hungarian spirit, I would answer, Kodaly�.The Dante Quartet, winners of the BBC Music Magazine Award for their album of Franck and Faure, respond to this music with dancing energy and folkloric simplicity.