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An early and a late string quartet by Ludwig van Beethoven: during the intervening twenty-six years, the composer had turned the traditional understanding of music on its head. In the fourth volume of their recording series of the complete Beethoven String Quartets, the Quartetto di Cremona demonstrate not only the stylistic quantum leap, but also Beethoven’s enormous demands on the musicians’ concentration and technique: a chamber music event.more
"Restlessness, feverish romanticism and emotional force characterize the Beethoven performances by Quartetto di Cremona. The four Italians are deeply penetrating the composer’s musical thoughts and several times kind of an emotional quake brings the music into ebullition." (Pizzicato)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete String Quartets - Vol. 4 | |
article number: | 92.683 |
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EAN barcode: | 4022143926838 |
price group: | ACX |
release date: | 20. March 2015 |
total time: | 67 min. |
For the fourth time, the Quartetto di Cremona embark on a journey of the almost impervious cosmos of Ludwig van Beethoven's String Quartets. This time, they have chosen two works forming a portal within the quartet writing of this composer who had made Vienna his home. Beethoven had opened his Op. 18 set with the Quartet in F major, written in 1798/99 at the behest of his patron and friend, Prince Lobkowicz. Despite the mellifluous, pastoral key, the music draws a long line from the brilliantly crafted first and last movements to the dark hues of the Adagio, apparently inspired by the tomb scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Even within the framework of the traditional form, Beethoven's quartet début achieves a maximum of moods and stylistic variety. Beethoven's Quartet Op. 131 of 1826, generally perceived as a peak within his chamber music, is entirely different. It was written in the shadows of the Ninth Symphony and the Missa solemnis, but appears much more eccentric and "experimental" than these two large-scale works. Seven sections of diverse tone and character are played without breaks in between; a brooding fugue stands alongside a sensitive adagio, a folk tune presto is next to a restless finale. The work was written for the Viennese violinist Ignaz Schuppanzigh, whose quartet set the professional playing standard for the following hundred years. Schuppanzigh rehearsed Beethoven's Op. 131 painstakingly - without him this music, which was deemed not only unplayable but also "unhearable" by contemporaries, would not exist.
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Die Einspielung ist insgesamt sehr gut gelungen, der bereits sehr positive erste Höreindruck hat sich auch nach mehrmaligem Hören aufs Neue bestätigt. Wer tatsächlich noch keine Aufnahme von Beethovens Streichquartetten hat, sollte definitiv diese SACD-Reihe in die Auswahl mit einbeziehen.Mehr lesen
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Il Quartetto di Cremona ci riesce, in sostanza, e riesce anche a equilibrare i passaggi dal sublime al popolaresco al bizzarro che rendono così singolare, specie poiché si tratta del terzultimo, il Quartetto op. 131.Mehr lesen
Die Streicher aus der Welthauptstadt des Geigenbaus gehen [...] mit einem (typisch italienischen ?) Temperament zur Sache, das den Hörer unmittelbar packt. Umwerfend, wie sich die vier im eröffnenden Allegro gegenseitig befeuern. Im Gesang des anschließenden Adagio sind dann die Leidenschaft und Ergriffenheit, die Beethoven mit der Vortragsbezeichnung „affettuoso ed appassionato“ einfordert, so deutlich zu spüren wie in nur wenigen Einspielungen.Mehr lesen
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Audite’s recording is close if not claustrophobic, close enough to differentiate the character of the four Italian instruments as well as theirMehr lesen
Again the high performance standards are ever apparent, Audite engineers have provided a perfectly natural audio picture. Mehr lesen
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The performers are a fairly young Italian group. They play with strong emotion and fine feeling.Mehr lesen
Wie schon in den vorangegangenen Folgen zeigt das Quartett aus Cremona einen von Leidenschaft und Technik gespeisten eigenen Zugang.Mehr lesen