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

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Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN HANDEL
Artist
FINE ARTS QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jan 24, 2020
Catalog #
8574051
UPC
747313405176

About

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.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con brio 10:19
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    10:19
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  2. 2 II. Adagio molto 09:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    09:32
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro 03:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Allegretto 06:46
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegretto
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  5. 5 String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio espressivo (early version) 06:04
    Track
    5
    Title
    String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio espressivo (early version)
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  6. 6 Prelude and Fugue in F Major, Hess 30 06:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    Prelude and Fugue in F Major, Hess 30
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  7. 7 Allegretto in B Minor, WoO 210 00:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    Allegretto in B Minor, WoO 210
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  8. 8 Prelude and Fugue in C Major, Hess 31 04:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    Prelude and Fugue in C Major, Hess 31
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  9. 9 Fugue in D Minor, Hess 245 (fragment) 00:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    Fugue in D Minor, Hess 245 (fragment)
    Duration
    00:40
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  10. 10 Solomon, HWV 67, Part I: Overture: Fugue (arr. L. van Beethoven for string quartet, Hess 36) 02:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    Solomon, HWV 67, Part I: Overture: Fugue (arr. L. van Beethoven for string quartet, Hess 36)
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  11. 11 Menuett in A-Flat Major, WoO 209, Hess 33 02:05
    Track
    11
    Title
    Menuett in A-Flat Major, WoO 209, Hess 33
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet
  12. 12 Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133 16:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133
    Duration
    16:42
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Fine Arts Quartet