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Presumed Beethoven - The Six String Quartets, Anh. 2

$29.99

Details

Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Artist
Quartetto Alla Maniera Italiana
Format
CD
Label
Arcana
Released
Jul 03, 2026
Catalog #
A591
UPC
3760195735916

About

In 1927, at the time of the first Beethoven centenary, the celebrated French musicologist Saint-Foix drew attention to an anonymous manuscript collection of six quartets that once belonged to the publisher Domenico (III) Artaria and is today preserved at the Berlin State Library. He conjectured that these pieces could be the very first experiments of a young Beethoven, then still an adolescent, in a genre that he would properly inaugurate when he published his op. 18 set in his early thirties. On the strength of this theory, the collection was included in the Beethoven catalogue, though listed among the works of doubtful attribution, where it has remained awaiting further musicological research. With the world premiere recording of the Six Quartets Anh. 2, the Alla Maniera Italiana Quartet brings back to light a precious collection of chamber music that is still enveloped in mystery, in a historically informed performance based on a close study of the Berlin parts, thereby offering an original contribution to the forthcoming Beethoven bicentenary.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro maestoso 06:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro maestoso
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  3. 2 II. Adagio 03:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  4. 3 III. Rondo: Allegro 07:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  5. 4 I. Allegro 06:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  6. 5 II. Adagio 03:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  7. 6 III. Rondo: Allegro assai 05:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro assai
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  8. 7 I. Allegro 05:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    05:42
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  9. 8 II. Romance: Larghetto 05:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Romance: Larghetto
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  10. 9 III. Rondo: Presto 04:55
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Rondo: Presto
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 I. Largo: Fantesia - 02:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Largo: Fantesia -
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  13. 2 I. Allegro 02:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  14. 3 II. Menuetto: Moderato - Trio 03:25
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Menuetto: Moderato - Trio
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  15. 4 III. Rondo: Prestino 04:14
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Rondo: Prestino
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  16. 5 I. Allegro 07:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:35
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  17. 6 II. Adagio 03:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  18. 7 III. Rondo: Allegro molto 04:26
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro molto
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  19. 8 I. Allegro moderato 06:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble
  20. 9 II. Andante con variazioni 07:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Andante con variazioni
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble