Beethoven - The Middle Quartets
Takács Quartet
The Takács do a fine job here: controlled, well paced and impeccably balanced.
They manage to balance the music's vertical and horizontal aspects beautifully, long-breathed contrapuntal lines... — More…
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Gramophone MagazineJuly 2002Editor's Choice
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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 'Rasumovsky No. 1'
- Takács Quartet (string quartet), Edward Dusinberre (violin), Károly Schranz (violin), Roger Tapping (viola), András Fejér (cello)
- Recorded: 2001-11-22
- Recording Venue: St. George's Hall, Bristol
1. Allegro
2. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
3. Adagio molto e mesto
4. Thème russe. Allegro
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp'
- Takács Quartet (string quartet), Edward Dusinberre (violin), Károly Schranz (violin), Roger Tapping (viola), András Fejér (cello)
- Recorded: 2001-11-22
- Recording Venue: St. George's Hall, Bristol
1. Poco adagio - Allegro
2. Adagio ma non troppo
3. Presto - Più presto quasi prestissimo
4. Allegretto con variazioni
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Rasumovsky No. 2'
- Takács Quartet (string quartet), Edward Dusinberre (violin), Károly Schranz (violin), Roger Tapping (viola), András Fejér (cello)
- Recorded: 2001-07-19
- Recording Venue: St. George's, Bristol
1. Allegro
2. Molto adagio
3. Allegretto
4. Finale. Presto
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3'
- Takács Quartet (string quartet), Edward Dusinberre (violin), Károly Schranz (violin), Roger Tapping (viola), András Fejér (cello)
- Recorded: 2001-07-19
- Recording Venue: St. George's, Bristol
1. Introduzione. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
2. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
3. Menuetto. Grazioso
4. Allegro molto