Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets / Cypress String Quartet

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Label
Avie Records
Release Date
November 1, 2014
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Cypress String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      CYPRESS STRING QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 01, 2014
    • UPC
      822252231823
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AV2318
    • LABEL
      Avie Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      3
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    2. II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    3. III. Adagio molto e mesto -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    4. IV. Thème russe: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    5. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    6. II. Molto adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    7. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    8. IV. Finale: Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    9. I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    10. II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    11. III. Menuetto grazioso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    12. IV. Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    13. I. Poco adagio - Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    14. II. Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    15. III. Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    16. IV. Allegretto con variazioni

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    17. I. Allegro con brio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    18. II. Allegretto ma non troppo -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    19. III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet

    20. IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Cypress String Quartet


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