Beethoven: Fugues & Rarities for String Quartet & Other Works / Fine Arts Quartet

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
January 24, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN HANDEL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Fine Arts Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      FINE ARTS QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 24, 2020
    • UPC
      747313405176
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8574051
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    2. II. Adagio molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    3. III. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    4. IV. Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    5. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio espressivo (early version)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    6. Prelude and Fugue in F Major, Hess 30

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    7. Allegretto in B Minor, WoO 210

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    8. Prelude and Fugue in C Major, Hess 31

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    9. Fugue in D Minor, Hess 245 (fragment)

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    10. Solomon, HWV 67, Part I: Overture: Fugue (arr. L. van Beethoven for string quartet, Hess 36)

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    11. Menuett in A-Flat Major, WoO 209, Hess 33

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet

    12. Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet


The string quartets of Beethoven are among the greatest works of their kind, but he composed other works for quartet which have been neglected. This album is dedicated to these intriguing rarities. Alongside the wild and monumental Grosse Fuge, in many ways the culmination of Beethoven’s achievements in the string quartet genre, this recording further displays his mastery of counterpoint by bringing to light brilliant yet forgotten original versions of his quartets Op. 18, No. 1 and Op. 131, plus six virtually unknown miniatures, including his Preludes and Fugues.