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Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol.2

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CHAN 20300A
 
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol.2
Release Date: October 2024
Originally recorded in December 2023
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Producer
Jonathan Cooper
Engineer
Jonathan Cooper
Venue
Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk
Genre:
Strings

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COMPACT DISC ONE

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

Complete String Quartets, Volume 2

String Quartet, Op.18 No.2 (1798-99)

27:15
in G Major • in G-Dur • en sol majeur
À Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Regnant de Lobkowitz etc. etc.
1.
I
Allegro
7:41
2.
II
Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
7:12
3.
III
Scherzo. Allegro - Trio - Scherzo da capo
4:35
4.
IV
Allegro molto, quasi Presto
5:31

String Quartet, Op.130 / 133 (1825)

48:30
in B-Flat Major • in B-Dur • en si bémol majeur
À Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicholas de Galitzin,
Lieutenant Colonel de la Garde de Sa Majesté Impériale de toutes les
Russies
5.
I
Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro - Tempo I - Allegro -
13:53
Tempo I - Allegro - Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro -
6.
II
Presto - L''istesso tempo - Tempo I
1:52
7.
III
Poco scherzoso. Andante con moto ma non troppo - Non troppo
7:14
Presto -
Tempo I
8.
IV
Alla fanza tedesca. Allegro assai
2:43
9.
V
Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
7:19
10.
VI
Große Fuge, Op.133 (1825)
15:28
Dédiée avec la plus profonde vénération à
Son Altesse Impériale et Royale Éminentissime
11.

Replacement Finale, published with String Quartet, Op.130 (1826)

10:37
in B-Flat Major • in B-Dur • en si bémol majeur
Allegro
Total time: 84:05
COMPACT DISC TWO

String Quartet, Op.18 No.5 (1799-1800)

31:47
in A Major • in A-Dur • en la majeur
À Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Regnant de Lobkowitz etc. etc.
1.
I
Allegro
10:25
2.
II
Menuetto - Trio - Menuetto da capo
4:36
3.
III
Andante cantabile -
10:02
Variazione I -
Variazione II -
Variazione III -
Variazione IV -
Variaazione V -
Poco adagio
4.
IV
Allegro
6:43

String Quartet, Op.59 No.2 (1806)

39:58
in E Minor • in e-Moll • en mi mineur
À son Excellence Monsieur le Comte de Rasoumoffsky
Conseiller privé actuel de
Sa Majesté l''Empereur de toutes les Russies etc. etc.
5.
I
Allegro
14:27
6.
II
Molto adagio. Si tratta questo pezzo [con] molto di sentimento
13:07
7.
III
Allegretto - Maggiore (Thème russe) -
7:47
Da capo il minore ma senza replica ed allora ancora una volta il trio;
e dopo di nuovo da capo il minore senza replica
8.
IV
Finale. Presto - Più presto
5:17
Total time: 72:24
Chamber: Doric String Quartet
Alex Redington violin
Ying Xue
Hélène Clément viola
John Myerscough cello
The members of the Doric String Quartet perform the Op.18 Quartets
using a set of classical bows by Luis Emilio Rodriquez Carrington.
17-19 May 2023 (Op.18 No.2, Op.130 except last movement, Op.133),
11-13 December 2023 (Op.18 No.5, Op.59 No.2) and
27 May 2024 (Op130 last movement)






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