JERUSALEM QUARTET

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Label
HARMONIA MUNDI
Release Date
August 14, 2015
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Jerusalem Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      BEETHOVEN, L. / JERUSALEM QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 14, 2015
    • UPC
      3149020220726
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      HMF902207.2
    • LABEL
      HARMONIA MUNDI
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    2. II. Andante con moto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    4. IV. Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    5. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    6. II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    7. III. Scherzo: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    8. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    9. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    10. II. Adagio cantabile

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    11. III. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    12. IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    13. I. Allegro ma non tanto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    14. II. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    15. III. Menuetto: Allegro - Trio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    16. IV. Allegretto - Prestissimo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    17. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    18. II. Menuetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    19. III. Andante cantabile - Poco adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    20. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    21. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    22. II. Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    23. III. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet

    24. IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet


Only now have I learnt how to write quartets properly." So wrote Beethoven in 1801, having just finished his first set of string quartets at the surprisingly advanced age of 30. The competition of Haydn and Mozart must have been intimidating for the young composer. Performed here by the Jerusalem Quartet, these six String Quartets Op.18 already display much boldness and originality, from the dramatic echoes of Romeo & Juliet in No.1, to the astonishing programmatic finale of No.6, "La Malinconia.