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Pathways to Healing: Music of Beethoven & Mendelssohn
Centaur Records

Pathways to Healing: Music of Beethoven & Mendelssohn

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Composer
MENDELSSOHN BEETHOVEN
Artist
DAPONTE STRING QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Centaur Records
Released
Feb 03, 2017
Catalog #
CRC3533
UPC
044747353326

About

The two pieces chosen for this new recording are based around a central theme: healing. Beethoven’s String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132 was written after Beethoven had recovered from a serious illness which he, at the time, worried would be fatal. He had been afflicted during the entire winter of 1824-25, and headed the third movement with the words “Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart” (Holy song of thanksgiving of a convalescent to the Deity, in the Lydian Mode). The Mendelssohn quartet is inspired by a different kind of healing, and was composed a few months after the death of Ludwig van Beethoven. It is heavily inspired by Beethoven’s late works, and is one of the most significant examples of cyclic form in music. The DaPonte Quartet is based in Maine, and has a mission to connect audiences to composers and their influences by bringing to life the human context of each score’s creation.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro 09:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
    Duration
    09:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    DaPonte String Quartet
  2. 2 II. Allegro ma non tanto 08:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro ma non tanto
    Duration
    08:49
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    DaPonte String Quartet
  3. 3 III. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenden an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart: Molto adagio - Neue Kraft fühlend: Andante - Molto adagio 16:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenden an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart: Molto adagio - Neue Kraft fühlend: Andante - Molto adagio
    Duration
    16:15
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    DaPonte String Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace 02:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace
    Duration
    02:11
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    DaPonte String Quartet
  5. 5 V. Allegro appassionato 07:36
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Allegro appassionato
    Duration
    07:36
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    DaPonte String Quartet
  6. 6 I. Adagio - Allegro vivace 07:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:33
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    DaPonte String Quartet
  7. 7 II. Adagio non lento 07:47
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Adagio non lento
    Duration
    07:47
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    DaPonte String Quartet
  8. 8 III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto 04:51
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Intermezzo: Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    DaPonte String Quartet
  9. 9 IV. Presto - Adagio non lento 09:34
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Presto - Adagio non lento
    Duration
    09:34
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Ensemble
    DaPonte String Quartet