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Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) – The Complete String Quartets.
The Early String Quartets
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String Quartet No.1 in F Major, Op.18, No.1
1.Allegro con brio (00:00) 2.Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato (08:52)
3.Scherzo : Allegro molto (17:28) 4.Allegro (20:44)
String Quartet No.2 in G Major, Op.18, No.2
1.Allegro (27:19) 2.Adagio cantabile (34:33)
3.Scherzo : Allegro (40:45) 4.Allegro molto, quasi Presto (45:01)
String Quartet No.3 in D Major, Op.18, No.3
1.Allegro (50:14) 2.Andante con moto (57:07)
3.Allegro (1:04:30) 4.Presto (1:07:18)
String Quartet No.4 in C minor, Op.18, No.4
1.Allegro, ma non tanto (1:13:12) 2.Scherzo : Andante scherzoso, quasi Allegretto (1:21:24)
3.Menuetto : Allegretto (1:27:58) 4.Allegro (1:31:03)
String Quartet No.5 in A Major, Op.18, No.5
1.Allegro (1:35:41) 2.Menuetto (1:42:05)
3.Andante cantabile (1:46:09) 4.Allegro (1:55:55)
String Quartet No.6 in B-Flat Major, Op.18, No.6
1.Allegro con brio (2:01:55) 2.Adagio, ma non troppo (2:07:39)
3.Scherzo : Allegro (2:15:35) 4.La Malinconia : Adagio; Allegrtto quasi Allegro (2:18:42)
The Middle String Quartets
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String Quartet No.7 in F Major, Op.59, No.1 ‘’Rasoumovsky’’
1.Allegro (2:27:00) 2.Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando (2:37:04)
3.Adagio molto e mesto (2:45:49) 4.Allegro : Russian theme (2:58:23)
String Quartet No.8 in E Minor, Op.59, No.2 ‘’Rasoumovsky’’
1.Allegro (3:06:05) 2.Molto adagio (3:15:18)
3.Allegretto (3:26:45) 4.Finale : Presto (3:33:12)
String Quartet No.9 in C Major, Op.59, No.3 ‘’Rasoumovsky’’
1.Andante con moto – Allegro vivace (3:38:30) 2.Andante con moto quasi allegretto (3:48:15)
3.Minuetto grazioso (3:57:16) 4.Allegro molto (4:02:31)
String Quartet No.10 in E-Flat Major, Op.74, ‘’Harp’’
1.Poco adagio – Allegro (4:08:31) 2.Adagio ma non troppo (4:17:47)
3.Presto : Piu presto quasi prestissimo (4:26:31) 4.Allegretto con variazioni (4:31:32)
String Quartet No.11 in F Minor, Op.95, ‘’Serioso’’
1.Allegro con brio (4:38:22)
2.Allegretto ma non troppo (4:42:35) 3.Allegro assai : vivace ma serioso (4:48:54)
4.Larghetto – Allegretto agitato (4:52:48)
The Late String Quartets
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String Quartet No.12 in E-Flat Major, Op.127
1.Maestoso : Allegro (4:57:17) 2.Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile (5:03:01)
3.Scherzando vivace (5:15:56) 4.Finale (5:24:08)
String Quartet No.13 in B-Flat Major, Op.130
1.Adagio ma non troppo; Allegro (5:30:18) 2.Presto (5:43:27)
3.Andante con moto ma non troppo (5:45:25)
4.Alla danza tedesca, Allegro assai (5:51:08)
5.Cavatina; Adagio molto espressivo (5:53:50)
6.Finale : Allegro (6:00:12)
String Quartet No.14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op.131
1.Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo (6:09:05)
2.Allegro molto vivace (6:15:46) 3.Allegro moderato (6:18:19)
4.Andante moderato e lusinghiero-Adagio; Allegretto;
Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice; Allegretto (6:18:59)
5.Presto (6:30:59) 6.Adagio quasi un poco andante (6:36:04)
7.Allegro (6:37:35)
String Quartet No.15 in A Minor, Op.132 ‘’Heiliger Dankgesang”
1.Assai sostenuto; Allegro (6:43:55) 2.Allegro ma non tanto (6:52:42)
3.Molto adagio (6:59:51) 4.Alla marcia, assai vivace (7:13:48)
5.Allegro Appassionato (7:16:02)
String Quartet No.16 in F Major, Op.135
1.Allegretto (7:22:16)
Große Fuge in B-flat Major, Op.133 (7:27:52) / Mistake in the editing.
2.Vivace (7:42:23)
3.Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo (7:45:40)
4.Grave ma non troppo (7:52:24)
The Hungarian Quartet
1st violin : Zoltán Székely
2nd violin : Alexandre Moskowsky
Viola : Dénes Koromzay
Cello : Vilmos Palotai
Recorded in 1953
New Mastering in 2020 by AB for CMRR
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*COMMENTAIRE COMPLET : VOIR PREMIER COMMENTAIRE ÉPINGLÉ.*
Beethoven a écrit ces quatuors pour son public personnel composé de compositeurs, d’artistes, d’interprètes et de connaisseurs musicaux issus de la classe moyenne et de la petite noblesse viennoises. Comme le commentait en 1825 le rédacteur en chef et essayiste Ludwig Rellstab, “certains des plus admirables jeunes virtuoses viennois … avaient tenu dix-sept (ou même plus) répétitions avant d’oser donner à l’énigmatique nouvelle composition (op.127) même une représentation semi-publique”. Pendant de nombreuses années après la mort de Beethoven en 1827, ses Quatuors tardifs ont été peu joués en public, mais ils ont suscité l’admiration de compositeurs romantiques tels que Felix Mendelssohn et Richard Wagner…