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Apotheosis - Cuarteto Casals - Ludwig van Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Vol III
HMM 902406.08 (harmonia mundi, CD, 3 discs)
NEW RELEASE
Playing time: 53'52"/55'03"/56'08" - TT 165'03"
Tracks: 9 + 11 + 7
Booklet pages: 16
© 2020 harmonia mundi musique sas
Main country of recording: DE
Country of manufacture: EU
Reviewer: Giuseppe Pennisi
Review of Apotheosis - Cuarteto Casals - Ludwig van Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets Vol III published on 12 September 2020
Listen: Beethoven: Grosse fuge (CD3 track 6, 12:34-13:11)
Cuarteto Casals:
Vera Martínez Mehner, violin
Abel Tomàs Realp, violin
Jonathan Brown, viola
Arnau Tomàs Realp, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
The Complete String Quartets Vol III
CD1
String Quartet No 5 in A, Op 18 No 5
1 Allegro
2 Menuetto - Trio
3 Andante cantabile con variazioni
4 Allegro
String Quartet No 6 in B flat, Op 18 No 6
5 Allegro con brio
6 Adagio ma non troppo
7 Scherzo. Allegro. Trio
8 'La Malinconia'. Adagio
9 Allegretto quasi Allegro - Adagio - Allegretto
CD2
String Quartet No 11 in F minor, Op 95 'Serioso'
1 Allegro con brio
2 Allegretto ma non troppo
3 Allegro assai vivace ma serioso - Trio
4 Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato
String Quartet No 14 in C sharp minor, Op 131
5 Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
6 Allegro molto vivace
7 Allegro moderato - Adagio
8 Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
9 Presto
10 Adagio quasi un poco andante
11 Allegro
CD3
String Quartet No 13 in B flat, Op 130
1 Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
2 Presto
3 Andante con moto ms non troppo
4 Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai
5 Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
'Grosse Fuge'. String Quartet in B flat, Op 133
6 Overtura. Allegro - Allegro - Fuga
String Quartet No 13 in B flat, Op 130
7 Finale. Allegro
Recorded January, March and November 2019 at Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany