Amadeus Quartet, Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartets Part One download mp3 album

The Amadeus Quartet was a part-Austrian, part-English ensemble that fused elegance and intelligence and expressivity with virtuosity to create a style of quartet playing wholly suited to the Viennese classics from Mozart through Brahms but which fit Beethoven like a hand-tailored suit. While other ensembles had recorded the Beethoven quartets before the Amadeus, none of those performances had the clarity and lucidity the Amadeus brought to them
String quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven. Pages in category "String quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven". The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).
The String Quartet No. 14 in C♯ minor, Op. 131, was completed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1826.
Beethoven: The String Quartets. During the 23 years when the Amadeus Quartet was under exclusive contract to Deutsche Grammophon, their name was synonymous with the finest in music-making. Central to their repertoire were the key Austro-German quartet works, and their Beethoven cycle is perhaps the most fitting choice as a tribute to the Amadeus – one closest to their hearts. Many of us will have learned this exalted repertoire from their complete DG cycle, and revisiting it for the first time in true HD sound reaffirms qualities which have set it as one of the pinnacles of recorded chamber music. De Marliave is less sympathetic to the Grosse Fuge as part of this whole very rhapsodic quartet and I have a tendancy to agree. The Amadeus set's sound is almost consistently inferior to any recording I compare it to.
Vlach Quartet, Beethoven, Mozart – Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 1-7 & 14; Mozart: String Quartet No. 15. 레이블: Supraphon – SU 4221-2. Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven. 1-2. Andante Con Moto.
By Ludwig van Beethoven, Amadeus Quartet. 1. String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 1 in F Major: I. Allegro con brio. 2. 1 in F Major: II. Adagio affetuoso ed appassionato. 3. 1 in F Major: III. Scherzo.
Album · 2015 · 76 Songs. Beethoven's String Quartets Amadeus Quartet.
Beethoven Late String Quartets. 18 first appeared, sforzandos are occasionally a bit rough and ''in fortes the first violin should, perhaps, have a little more tone''. In any event, from the vantage point of 1989, I would not prefer the Amadeus on seven CDs to the Talich, in spite of the less handsome packaging or the advantage in price-and in spite of the fact that the Talich's set of Op. 18 falls a little below the quality of inspiration that distinguishes the rest of the cycle.
Tracklist
String Quartet In F Major, Op. 18, No. 1 | |
A1 | 1st Movement: Allegro Con Brio |
A2 | 2nd Movement: Adagio Affettuoso Ed Appassionato |
A3 | 3rd Movement: Scherzo: Allegro Molto |
A4 | 4th Movement: Allegro |
String Quartet In G Major, Op. 18, No. 2 | |
B1 | 1st Movement: Allegro |
B2 | 2nd Movement: Adagio Cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I |
B3 | 3rd Movement: Scherzo: Allegro |
B4 | 4th Movement: Allegro Molto Quasi Presto |
String Quartet In F Minor, Op. 95 | |
C1 | 1st Movement: Allegro Con Brio |
C2 | 2nd Movement: Allegretto, Ma Non Troppo |
C3 | 3rd Movement: Allegro Assai Vivace Ma Serioso |
C4 | 4th Movement: Larghetto Espressivo - Allegro Agitato |
String Quartet In E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 (Rasumovsky) | |
D1 | 1st Movement: Allegro |
D2 | 2nd Movement: Molto Adagio |
D3 | 3rd Movement: Allegretto |
E1 | 4th Movement: Presto |
String Quartet In C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 (Rasumovsky) | |
E2 | 1st Movement: Introduzione: Andante Con Moto |
E3 | 2nd Movement: Andante Con Moto Quasi Allegretto |
F1 | 3rd Movement: Menuetto: Grazioso |
F2 | 4th Movement: Allegro Molto |
String Quartet In A Minor, Op. 132 | |
F3 | 1st Movement: Assai Sostenuto - Allegro |
F4 | 2nd Movement: Allegro, Ma Non Tanto |
G1 | 3rd Movement: Molto Adagio ("Song Of Thanksgiving To The Deity, On Recovering From Illness - In The Lydian Mode") - Andante ("Feeling New Strength") - Molto Adagio "With Intense Feeling" |
G2 | 4th Movement: Alla Marcia, Assai Vivace - Più Allegro |
G3 | 5th Movement: Allegro Appassionato - Presto |
String Quartet In C Sharp Minor, Op. 131 | |
H1 | 1st Movement: Adagio, Ma Non Troppo E Molto Espressivo |
H2 | 2nd Movement: Allegro Molto Vivace |
H3 | 3rd Movement: Allegro Moderato |
H4 | 4th Movement: Andante, Ma Non Troppo E Molto Cantabile |
I1 | 5th Movement: Presto |
I2 | 6th Movement: Adagio Quasi Un Poco Andante |
I3 | 7th Movement: Allegro |
Great Fugue In B Flat Major, Op. 133 | |
I4 | Overtura: Allegro - Fuga: Allegro - Meno Mosso E Moderato - Allegro Molto E Con Brio |
String Quartet In F Major, Op. 135 | |
J1 | 1st Movement: Allegretto |
J2 | 2nd Movement: Vivace |
J3 | 3rd Movement: Lento Assai, Cantante E Tranquillo |
J4 | 4th Movement: Grave, Ma Non Troppo Tratto - Allegro |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Polydor International GmbH
Credits
- Cello [Violoncello] – Martin Lovett
- Engineer [Recording] – Hans-Peter Schweigmann, Harald Baudis, Heinz Wildhagen
- Supervised By [Artistic] – Karl Heinz Schneider*, Dr. Manfred Richter*, Wolfgang Lohse
- Viola – Peter Schidlof
- Violin [1st] – Norbert Brainin
- Violin [2nd] – Siegmund Nissel
Notes
© 1972 Polydor International GmbHMade in Canada
Box & booklet made and/or printed in U.S.A.
Sleeves made in Germany
Issued as a box-set, LP's and booklet are stored in a removable (slide out) tray.
Cover Deutsche Grammophon with Gesellschaft
Labels only have Deutsche Grammophon.
Stereo in red print.
Center-labels: Straight borders
Other versions
Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
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STL-47 | Amadeus Quartet*, Ludwig van Beethoven | Amadeus Quartet*, Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartets Part One (5xLP + Box) | Deutsche Grammophon | STL-47 | Japan | 1972 |
STL-47 | Amadeus Quartet*, Ludwig van Beethoven | Amadeus Quartet*, Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartets Part One (5xLP + Box) | Deutsche Grammophon | STL-47 | US | 1972 |