BÉLA BARTÓK

Jessica Duchen marks 75 years since the death of the Hungarian composer by exploring the extraordinary depth of his inventive genius

Béla Bartók

String Quartet No. 5

Performed by the Calidore Quartet; plus Out of Doors, played by Alexander Gadjiev, and Two Pictures Op. 10

PLUS! Mezzo-soprano Jennifer Johnston enjoys a culinary conversation with James Naughtie; Oliver Condy reports on the growing classical music scene in China; Roger Nichols looks at the brilliant but belligerent Florent Schmitt in Composer of the Month; plus Terry Williams on the best recordings of Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances

High notes: the Calidore Quartet play Bartók on our CD