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String Quartets

$18.99

Details

Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, Ferdinand Ries, Pierre Rode
Artist
Schuppanzigh Quartett
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Apr 04, 2025
Catalog #
555489-2
UPC
761203548927

About

The Schuppanzigh Quartet has been a source of enormous energy in the area of string quartet literature for almost thirty years. Founded by violinist Anton Steck in 1996, the ensemble offers a delightful experience with their intellectually stimulating concert programs and recordings, whose connections to other arts are completely fascinating. So too is their current album with it's snapshots of early 19th century Vienna. Beethoven's unruly and ironic "Quartetto serioso" Op. 95 is paired with a quartet by the French violinist Pierre Rode, for whom the master had written his last violin sonata Op. 96 in 1812. Consequently, this work is also recorded here - not in the original, but in an astonishing quartet version that Beethoven's pupil and friend Ferdinand Ries arranged. And so it sounds almost a bit like Dvorak

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con brio 04:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  2. 2 II. Allegretto ma non troppo - 06:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto ma non troppo -
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  3. 3 III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso 04:14
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  4. 4 IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro 04:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  5. 5 I. Allegro moderato 10:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    10:02
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  6. 6 II. Adagio espressivo 04:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio espressivo
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  7. 7 III. Scherzo: Allegro 02:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  8. 8 IV. Poco allegretto 08:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Poco allegretto
    Duration
    08:37
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  9. 9 I. Introduction - Allegro moderato 09:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Introduction - Allegro moderato
    Duration
    09:38
    Composer
    Pierre Rode
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  10. 10 II. Siciliano 04:21
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Siciliano
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Pierre Rode
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett
  11. 11 III. Allegretto 05:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Pierre Rode
    Ensemble
    Schuppanzigh-Quartett