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Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets / Cypress String Quartet

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Details

Composer
BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
Artist
CYPRESS STRING QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Avie Records
Released
Nov 01, 2014
Catalog #
AV2318
UPC
822252231823

About

Following three acclaimed releases for AVIE surveying works by Dvo?ák, Schubert and contemporary Americans, the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet turns to the seminal string quartets of Beethoven, performing the five quartets from the composer’s middle period. Formed in 1996, the Cypresses added Beethoven to their repertoire early on. Their signature sound, which is clear and transparent, built up from the bottom register and layered like a pyramid, lends itself beautifully to the Middle String Quartets – the three “Rasumovskys,” the “Harp,” and the “Serioso.” Included in this new box set - released internationally on November 11, 2014 on Avie Records - are original, extensive and insightful program notes written by Nicholas Mathews, professor at UC Berkeley. - Cypress String Quartet

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro 10:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:18
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  3. 2 II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando 09:24
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
    Duration
    09:24
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  4. 3 III. Adagio molto e mesto - 12:36
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio molto e mesto -
    Duration
    12:36
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  5. 4 IV. Thème russe: Allegro 08:12
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Thème russe: Allegro
    Duration
    08:12
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  6. Disc 2
  7. 1 I. Allegro 09:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  8. 2 II. Molto adagio 12:30
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Molto adagio
    Duration
    12:30
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  9. 3 III. Allegretto 07:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    07:08
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  10. 4 IV. Finale: Presto 05:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  11. 5 I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace 11:03
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    11:03
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  12. 6 II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto 09:36
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  13. 7 III. Menuetto grazioso 05:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto grazioso
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  14. 8 IV. Allegro molto 06:04
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  15. Disc 3
  16. 1 I. Poco adagio - Allegro 09:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Poco adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  17. 2 II. Adagio ma non troppo 09:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    09:01
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  18. 3 III. Presto 05:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  19. 4 IV. Allegretto con variazioni 06:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegretto con variazioni
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  20. 5 I. Allegro con brio 04:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  21. 6 II. Allegretto ma non troppo - 07:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegretto ma non troppo -
    Duration
    07:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  22. 7 III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso 04:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet
  23. 8 IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro 04:47
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Cypress String Quartet