Quartet Artemis - Beethoven Complete String Quartets + Op.74 (2011)
BAND/ARTIST: Quartet Artemis
- Title: Beethoven Complete String Quartets + Op.74
- Year Of Release: 2011
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 08:35:56
- Total Size: 2.29 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
CD1
01. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio
02. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
03. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
04. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: IV. Allegro
05. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: I. Allegro ma non tanto
06. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
07. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
08. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: IV. Allegro
09. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio
10. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: II. Adagio ma non troppo
11. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: III. Scherzo. Allegro
12. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: IV. (a) La Malinconia. Adagio
13. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: IV. (b) Allegretto quasi Allegro
CD2
01. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile-Allegro
03. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
04. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: IV. Allegro molto quasi presto
05. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: I. Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: II. Andante con moto
07. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: III. Allegro
08. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: IV. Presto
09. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: I. Allegro
10. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Menuetto
11. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: III. Andante cantabile
12. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: IV. Allegro
CD3
01. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
03. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto
04. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": IV. Thème russe. Allegro
05. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": II. Molto adagio
07. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": III. Allegretto
08. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": IV. Finale. Presto
CD4
01. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": I. Introduzione. Andante con moto-Allegro vivace
02. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
03. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": III. Menuetto. Grazioso
04. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasumovsky III": IV. Allegro molto
05. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": I. Poco adagio-Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": II. Adagio ma non troppo
07. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": III. Presto
08. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": IV. Allegretto con variazioni
09. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": I. Allegro con brio
10. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto Serioso": II. Allegretto ma non troppo
11. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto Serioso": III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
12. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": IV. Larghetto espressivo-Allegretto agitato
CD5
01. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso-Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
03. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
04. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: IV. Finale
05. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
06. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
07. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato
08. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
09. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto
10. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
11. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro
CD6
01. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo-Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: II. Presto
03. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: III. Andante con moto ma non troppo
04. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai
05. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
06. Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133
07. String Quartet in F Major, Hess 34: I. Allegro moderato
08. String Quartet in F Major, Hess 34: II. Allegretto
09. String Quartet in F Major, Hess 34: III. Allegro
CD7
01. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: I. Assai sostenuto-Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto
03. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: III. Molto adagio
04. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace
05. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: V. Finale. Allegro appasionato
06. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto
07. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: II. Vivace
08. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantante tranquillo
09. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto-Allegro
This box set from the Artemis Quartet marks Virgin Classics’ first complete cycle of Beethoven String Quartets. Over the past two seasons, the Berlin-based Artemis Quartet has been performing Beethoven around the world, prompting reactions such as this one, from Die Zeit: “The members of the Artemis come as people who live life, and life is what they seek in Beethoven too.”
The first of the Artemis Quartet’s Virgin Classics CDs of Beethoven Quartets was released in Autumn 2005. Now, nearly six years later, the complete Beethoven cycle becomes available in a box of 7 CDs (TBC) which includes two previously unreleased items: the quartet No 10, op 74, known as the ‘Harp’, and a transcription for string quartet, proudly made by Beethoven himself, of the Piano Sonata No 9, op 14.
The 2010-11 season has seen the Artemis Quartet continuing with its two-year focus on live performances of Beethoven. By the end of the season, the ensemble will have recently performed Beethoven quartets in, among other cities, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, London, Paris, Brussels, Rome, Milan, Florence, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Houston and Los Angeles, and at the Schubertiade festival in Schwarzenberg (Austria).
Eckart Runge, cellist of the Artemis Quartet, expresses the players’ views on the composer’s quartets: “His music speaks to every era – it is a perfect dialogue between tradition and modernity, and between intellectual refinement and raw emotion … In relation to the time in which he lived, Beethoven is the most modern, provocative, experimental and boldest composer of all. Many have used the string quartet to experiment, to trial and develop their mode of composition … but none of them was more extreme than Beethoven. Even today, the Grosse Fuge remains one of the most incredible and most modern pieces of music ever written … No matter how complicated the form, one can always find essential human emotion in Beethoven, whether it is hopeful longing, apprehension, exuberant joy or shy affection.”
Beethoven’s extraordinary musical evolution is traced in the cycle, which remains the touchstone of the quartet repertoire. Die Zeit observed that the Artemis Quartet is: “An ensemble that, when compared to groups on a similar level of perfection, seems to approach the repertoire from another horizon. Many quartets convey an air in their playing of rarefied workmanship and detached refinement from the world. They explore the music within the notes. The members of the Artemis come as people who live life, and life is what they seek in Beethoven too.”
The Artemis’s debut release on Virgin Classics in 2005 comprised Beethoven’s op 59/1 and op 95, while the second release brought together op 59/2, the ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet, and the Quartet op 18/4. In France, the release was named CHOC of the Year by Le Monde de la Musique and was also awarded a Diapason d’Or; in Germany it became Chamber Music Recording of the Year in the ECHO Klassik awards of the Deutsche Phono-Akademie. In the UK, the Sunday Times praised the “fresh, positive responses” of the Artemis Quartet, saying: “ … their colours are vivid and they are alert to the music’s intent to push all sorts of boundaries to breaking point,” while BBC Radio 3’s CD Review suggested that the recording should go to the top of any list of recommendations.
CD1
01. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio
02. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
03. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
04. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: IV. Allegro
05. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: I. Allegro ma non tanto
06. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
07. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
08. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: IV. Allegro
09. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio
10. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: II. Adagio ma non troppo
11. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: III. Scherzo. Allegro
12. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: IV. (a) La Malinconia. Adagio
13. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: IV. (b) Allegretto quasi Allegro
CD2
01. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile-Allegro
03. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
04. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: IV. Allegro molto quasi presto
05. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: I. Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: II. Andante con moto
07. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: III. Allegro
08. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: IV. Presto
09. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: I. Allegro
10. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Menuetto
11. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: III. Andante cantabile
12. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: IV. Allegro
CD3
01. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
03. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto
04. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky": IV. Thème russe. Allegro
05. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": II. Molto adagio
07. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": III. Allegretto
08. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky": IV. Finale. Presto
CD4
01. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": I. Introduzione. Andante con moto-Allegro vivace
02. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
03. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": III. Menuetto. Grazioso
04. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasumovsky III": IV. Allegro molto
05. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": I. Poco adagio-Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": II. Adagio ma non troppo
07. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": III. Presto
08. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": IV. Allegretto con variazioni
09. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": I. Allegro con brio
10. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto Serioso": II. Allegretto ma non troppo
11. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto Serioso": III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
12. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": IV. Larghetto espressivo-Allegretto agitato
CD5
01. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso-Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
03. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
04. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: IV. Finale
05. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
06. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
07. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato
08. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
09. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto
10. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
11. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro
CD6
01. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo-Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: II. Presto
03. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: III. Andante con moto ma non troppo
04. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai
05. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
06. Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133
07. String Quartet in F Major, Hess 34: I. Allegro moderato
08. String Quartet in F Major, Hess 34: II. Allegretto
09. String Quartet in F Major, Hess 34: III. Allegro
CD7
01. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: I. Assai sostenuto-Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto
03. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: III. Molto adagio
04. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace
05. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: V. Finale. Allegro appasionato
06. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto
07. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: II. Vivace
08. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantante tranquillo
09. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto-Allegro
This box set from the Artemis Quartet marks Virgin Classics’ first complete cycle of Beethoven String Quartets. Over the past two seasons, the Berlin-based Artemis Quartet has been performing Beethoven around the world, prompting reactions such as this one, from Die Zeit: “The members of the Artemis come as people who live life, and life is what they seek in Beethoven too.”
The first of the Artemis Quartet’s Virgin Classics CDs of Beethoven Quartets was released in Autumn 2005. Now, nearly six years later, the complete Beethoven cycle becomes available in a box of 7 CDs (TBC) which includes two previously unreleased items: the quartet No 10, op 74, known as the ‘Harp’, and a transcription for string quartet, proudly made by Beethoven himself, of the Piano Sonata No 9, op 14.
The 2010-11 season has seen the Artemis Quartet continuing with its two-year focus on live performances of Beethoven. By the end of the season, the ensemble will have recently performed Beethoven quartets in, among other cities, Berlin, Cologne, Frankfurt, Munich, Vienna, London, Paris, Brussels, Rome, Milan, Florence, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Houston and Los Angeles, and at the Schubertiade festival in Schwarzenberg (Austria).
Eckart Runge, cellist of the Artemis Quartet, expresses the players’ views on the composer’s quartets: “His music speaks to every era – it is a perfect dialogue between tradition and modernity, and between intellectual refinement and raw emotion … In relation to the time in which he lived, Beethoven is the most modern, provocative, experimental and boldest composer of all. Many have used the string quartet to experiment, to trial and develop their mode of composition … but none of them was more extreme than Beethoven. Even today, the Grosse Fuge remains one of the most incredible and most modern pieces of music ever written … No matter how complicated the form, one can always find essential human emotion in Beethoven, whether it is hopeful longing, apprehension, exuberant joy or shy affection.”
Beethoven’s extraordinary musical evolution is traced in the cycle, which remains the touchstone of the quartet repertoire. Die Zeit observed that the Artemis Quartet is: “An ensemble that, when compared to groups on a similar level of perfection, seems to approach the repertoire from another horizon. Many quartets convey an air in their playing of rarefied workmanship and detached refinement from the world. They explore the music within the notes. The members of the Artemis come as people who live life, and life is what they seek in Beethoven too.”
The Artemis’s debut release on Virgin Classics in 2005 comprised Beethoven’s op 59/1 and op 95, while the second release brought together op 59/2, the ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet, and the Quartet op 18/4. In France, the release was named CHOC of the Year by Le Monde de la Musique and was also awarded a Diapason d’Or; in Germany it became Chamber Music Recording of the Year in the ECHO Klassik awards of the Deutsche Phono-Akademie. In the UK, the Sunday Times praised the “fresh, positive responses” of the Artemis Quartet, saying: “ … their colours are vivid and they are alert to the music’s intent to push all sorts of boundaries to breaking point,” while BBC Radio 3’s CD Review suggested that the recording should go to the top of any list of recommendations.
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