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Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet
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1. I. Allegro con brio
2. II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
3. III. Scherzo (Allegro molto) & Trio
4. IV. Allegro
5. I. Allegro
6. II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
7. III. Adagio molto e mesto / IV. Allegro (Thème russe)
8. I. Allegro
9. II. Adagio cantabile
10. III. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio
11. IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
12. I. Allegro con brio
13. II. Adagio, ma non troppo
14. III. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio
15. IV. Adagio (La Malinconia) - Allegretto quasi Allegro
16. I. Allegretto
17. II. Vivace
18. III. Lento assai, cantate e tranquillo
19. IV. Grave, ma non troppo tratto - Allegro
20. I. Allegro
21. II. Andante con moto
22. III. Allegro
23. IV. Presto
24. I. Allegro
25. II. Menuetto & Trio
26. III. Andante cantabile
27. IV. Allegro
28. I. Allegro con brio
29. II. Allegretto ma non troppo / III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
30. IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro
31. I. Allegro ma non tanto
32. II. Scherzo (Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto)
33. III. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio
34. IV. Allegro
35. I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
36. II. Presto
37. III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
38. IV. Ala danza tedesca (Allegro assai)
39. V. Cavatina (Adagio molto espressivo)
40. VI. Finale
41. I. Allegro
42. II. Molto Adagio
43. III. Allegretto
44. IV. Finale (Presto)
45. I. Maestoso - Allegro
46. II. Adagio ma non troppo, molto cantabile
47. III. Scherzando vivace
48. IV. Finale
49. I. Introduzione (Andante con moto) - Allegro vivace
50. II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
51. III. Menuetto (Grazioso) & Trio / IV. Allegro molto
52. Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: I: Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
53. Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: II: Allegro molto vivace
54. Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: III: Allegro moderato
55. Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: IV: Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
56. Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: V: Presto
57. Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: VI: Adagio quasi un poco andante
58. VII. Allegro
59. I. Poco adagio - Allegro
60. II. Adagio ma non troppo
61. III. Presto / IV. Allegretto con Variazioni
62. I. Allegro sostenuto - Allegro
63. II. Allegro ma non tanto
64. III. Molto adagio
65. IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace
66. V. Allegro appassionato
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Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1999-11-16)
- Publisher: EMI Classics
- Label: EMI Classics
- Studio: EMI Classics
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 31 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #3695
Avg. Customer Review:
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Summary: Beethoven's SQs are in a Class of their Own...... 2008-10-17
Comment: Well let me tell you, Beethoven was a ground breaking composer in just about every category he composed in and his SQs are NO Exception. B amazes me with his twists and turns. B was a moody individual and his SQs reflect his personality. Everything here is exceptional. He pushes the limits and then pulls back the reigns and provides you with a heart wrenching slow mvt which melts you. There is something for everyone, he includes a full range of emotions.
The Op. 18 SQs are his starting point with an exclamation point. They are 4 mvt. Haydn style SQs, but seem to take you to a place where no one else was going. They are preludes to his Mid to Late SQs. In a way, I wish he would have written a few more of these sets before moving on, because they are exceptional.
From what I have read about B, he tirelessly researched his predecessors and found a new inventive prospective which they had not conceived. For instance, the Mid-SQs, Op. 59, 74, 95 move in an uncharted direction which no other composer was following at the time. The final mvt.s are mvt.s within mvt.s. Slow and fast passages all in the last movt. while keeping their listener appeal; only Beethoven can do this.
As for his late SQs, he seems to reach to the future and beyond. Think of all of those modern musicians who reached to the future or were or are ahead of their time. Well, B did that two centuries ahead of them. The late SQs are celebral leaps which serve as models to composers after him.
As for the recording and performance, the ABQ have made B's SQs their OWN!!! THERE IS NOTHING BETTER.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: They play very well 2008-08-25
Comment: They play well, a very clean interpretation. I think they may be a starting point to Beethoven Quartets.It is possible to hear every instrument at all times and it is fine to know each part. But I like several other quartets in Beethoven.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Great Sound and early quartets 2008-08-24
Comment: The Berg Beethoven is big and juicy and this suits the early quartets. Their sound and the recorded sound are certainly the best you will hear. The later quartets miss the introspection of some of the other great string quartets.
A great bargain and tops in sound!!!
0 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Good but not great 2008-04-28
Comment: I guess I'm just used to Haydn and Mozart, because these string quartets were just too dissonant and untraditional for me - one who loves the Beethoven symphonies. To each his own, as they say. The recording itself is terrific - great engineering.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: VERY HIGH QUALITY RENDITION 2008-04-21
Comment: All the performances on this set of the Beethoven String Quartets are of the highest quality. Particularly outstanding is the performance of Op 59 no 1
Intonation, expression, the ability of the players to meld together, and the dynamic range is all superb.
One small flaw (nothing to do with the playing)
In the very last track, the final movement of the B flat quartet (not the great fuge, but the movement Beethoven replaced it with), there is a continual flapping sound - I don't know where it came from, but it is very irritating, and I'm surprised that EMI let it through.
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