
Narratio Quartet - Beethoven: Late String Quartets (2025) [Hi-Res] [Dolby Atmos]
BAND/ARTIST: Narratio Quartet
- Title: Beethoven: Late String Quartets
- Year Of Release: 2025
- Label: Challenge Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: Dolby Atmos (E-AC-3 JOC) / flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 44.1kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 04:00:20
- Total Size: 1.29 / 1.17 / 2.29 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
CD1
01. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: I. Allegro con brio
02. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: II. Allegretto ma non troppo
03. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
04. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato
05. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
07. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
08. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: IV. Finale. Allegro
CD2
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. Grande Fugue in B-Flat Major, Op. 133: Allegro
07. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: VI. Finale. Allegro
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. Allegro appassionato
CD3
01. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
02. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
03. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro moderato (recitative)
04. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
05. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto
06. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
07. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro
08. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto
09. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: II. Vivace
10. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
11. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: IV. Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß. Grave, ma non troppo tratto - Allegro
The last instalment in the Narratio Quartet's revolutionary interpretation of Beethoven's String Quartets. This last 4CD box contains all the late Quartets, from opus 95 to opus 135.
Viola de Hoog: My colleagues in the Narratio Quartet and I have been immersed in all of Beethoven's string quartets for over fifteen years now. We experience time and again how Beethoven explored and then overcame the limits of the Classical style and the instrumental challenges that were prevalent at the start of the nineteenth century along new pathways. Opus 95 is a great example of exactly this. Beethoven himself stated in a letter to Sir George Smart, at the time an important musician in England, "The Quartet is written for a small circle of connoisseurs and is never to be performed in public." Each of the five late quartets, from Opus 127 onwards, explores new forms, modulating to remotely distant keys, presenting hitherto unprecedented melodic arches and containing what were, at the time, unusually detailed dynamic instructions; different ways in which Beethoven was tearing himself away from the familiar style of the day.Beethoven composed these five quartets in a remarkably brief period, between 1824 and 1826.
CD1
01. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: I. Allegro con brio
02. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: II. Allegretto ma non troppo
03. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
04. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato
05. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
07. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
08. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: IV. Finale. Allegro
CD2
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. Grande Fugue in B-Flat Major, Op. 133: Allegro
07. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: VI. Finale. Allegro
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. Allegro appassionato
CD3
01. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
02. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
03. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro moderato (recitative)
04. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
05. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto
06. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
07. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro
08. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto
09. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: II. Vivace
10. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
11. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: IV. Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß. Grave, ma non troppo tratto - Allegro
The last instalment in the Narratio Quartet's revolutionary interpretation of Beethoven's String Quartets. This last 4CD box contains all the late Quartets, from opus 95 to opus 135.
Viola de Hoog: My colleagues in the Narratio Quartet and I have been immersed in all of Beethoven's string quartets for over fifteen years now. We experience time and again how Beethoven explored and then overcame the limits of the Classical style and the instrumental challenges that were prevalent at the start of the nineteenth century along new pathways. Opus 95 is a great example of exactly this. Beethoven himself stated in a letter to Sir George Smart, at the time an important musician in England, "The Quartet is written for a small circle of connoisseurs and is never to be performed in public." Each of the five late quartets, from Opus 127 onwards, explores new forms, modulating to remotely distant keys, presenting hitherto unprecedented melodic arches and containing what were, at the time, unusually detailed dynamic instructions; different ways in which Beethoven was tearing himself away from the familiar style of the day.Beethoven composed these five quartets in a remarkably brief period, between 1824 and 1826.
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