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Cypress String Quartet - Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets (2014)

Cypress String Quartet - Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets (2014)
  • Title: Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets
  • Year Of Release: 2014
  • Label: Avie Records
  • Genre: Classical
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 02:38:35
  • Total Size: 913 Mb
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Tracklist:

CD 1
1. String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, No. 1 “Rasumovsky”: I. Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, No. 1 “Rasumovsky”: II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
3. String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, No. 1 “Rasumovsky”: III. Adagio molto e mesto
4. String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, No. 1 “Rasumovsky”: IV. Allegro (Thème russe)

CD 2
1. String Quartet No. 8, Op. 59, No. 2 “Rasumovsky”: I. Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 8, Op. 59, No. 2 “Rasumovsky”: II. Molto Adagio
3. String Quartet No. 8, Op. 59, No. 2 “Rasumovsky”: III. Allegretto
4. String Quartet No. 8, Op. 59, No. 2 “Rasumovsky”: IV. Finale. Presto
5. String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59, No. 3 “Rasumovsky”: I. Introduzione. Andante con moto – Allegro vivace
6. String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59, No. 3 “Rasumovsky”: II. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto
7. String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59, No. 3 “Rasumovsky”: III. Menuetto grazioso – Trio
8. String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59, No. 3 “Rasumovsky”: IV. Allegro molto

CD 3
1. String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 “Harp”: I. Poco Adagio – Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 “Harp”: II. Adagio ma non troppo
3. String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 “Harp”: III. Presto – Piu presto quasi prestissimo
4. String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 “Harp”: IV. Allegretto con variazioni
5. String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 “Serioso”: I. Allegro con brio
6. String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 “Serioso”: II. Allegretto ma non troppo
7. String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 “Serioso”: III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
8. String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 “Serioso”: IV. Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato – Allegro

Performers:
Cypress String Quartet

Following three acclaimed releases for AVIE surveying works by Dvo?ák, Schubert and contemporary Americans, the San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet turns to the seminal string quartets of Beethoven, performing the five quartets from the composer’s middle period. Formed in 1996, the Cypresses added Beethoven to their repertoire early on. Their signature sound, which is clear and transparent, built up from the bottom register and layered like a pyramid, lends itself beautifully to the Middle String Quartets – the three “Rasumovskys,” the “Harp,” and the “Serioso.” Included in this new box set - released internationally on November 11, 2014 on Avie Records - are original, extensive and insightful program notes written by Nicholas Mathews, professor at UC Berkeley.





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