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Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 7
Audite Musikproduktion

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 7

$21.99

Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
QUARTETTO DI CREMONA
Format
SACD
Label
Audite Musikproduktion
Released
Feb 03, 2017
Catalog #
AUD92689
UPC
4022143926890

About

The Quartetto di Cremona have completed another stage in their adventurous journey through the cosmos of Beethoven's String Quartets, visiting the Quartet in G major from the Op. 18 set and the last of the Op. 59 Quartets. The performance culture and market for the string quartet in the late eighteenth century was markedly different to that of later times: the young Beethoven wrote his Quartets Op. 18 for amateurs. The G major Quartet, the second in the collection, was one such work that could bemastered by talented aristocrats and bourgeois connoisseurs - which is not tosay that its complexities or musical challenges are in any way diminished. With the so-called "Razumovsky" Quartets,the string quartet reached adulthood. And one only needs to compare the technical and intellectual demands of Op. 59 to contemporary works (such as the quartets of the young Franz Schubert) in order to recognise that Beethoven no longer composed for able amateurs, but for highly professional specialists.This becomes particularly obvious in the finale, an extended and extremely virtuosic fugue. The Quartetto di Cremona have combined these two works from Beethoven's early and middle periods for the seventh volume in their Complete Beethoven String Quartets recording series. Both works end with an "earworm" - one in the classical spirit and one in the form of a rapid fugue - finale furioso!

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 08:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Quartetto di Cremona
  2. 2 II. Adagio cantabile 06:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Quartetto di Cremona
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro 04:32
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Quartetto di Cremona
  4. 4 IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto 05:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Quartetto di Cremona
  5. 5 I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace 10:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    10:45
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Quartetto di Cremona
  6. 6 II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto 09:34
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
    Duration
    09:34
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Quartetto di Cremona
  7. 7 III. Menuetto grazioso 05:23
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto grazioso
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Quartetto di Cremona
  8. 8 IV. Allegro molto 05:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Quartetto di Cremona