These performances are taken from an outstanding modern Beethoven quartet cycle, given by the Alban Berg Quartet in Vienna in 1989. To their trademark polish, finesse and intellectual penetration,...

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Beethoven: Late String Quartets

Alban Berg Quartett

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These performances are taken from an outstanding modern Beethoven quartet cycle, given by the Alban Berg Quartet in Vienna in 1989. To their trademark polish, finesse and intellectual penetration,...

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Release date: 5th Sep 2005
Label: Warner Classics
Series: Great Recordings of the Century
Catalogue number: 4768202
Length: 3 hours 12 minutes
Genre:
- String Quartets

Contents and tracklist

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127

Work length37:00

This work is only available as an album download.

Alban Berg Quartett
Recorded: 1989-06-09
Recording Venue: 13 June 1989, live at Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien

I. Maestoso - Allegro

Track length6:46

II. Adagio ma non troppo, molto cantabile

Track length16:03

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III. Scherzando vivace

Track length7:10

IV. Finale

Track length7:01

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130

Work length35:44

Alban Berg Quartett
Recorded: 1989-06-09
Recording Venue: 11 June 1989, live at Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien

I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro

Track length9:36

II. Presto

Track length1:59

III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo

Track length6:36

IV. Alla danza tedesca (Allegro assai)

Track length2:57

V. Cavatina (Adagio molto espressivo)

Track length6:37

VI. Finale (Allegro)

Track length7:59

Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133

Work length15:32

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Alban Berg Quartett
Recorded: 1989-06-17
Recording Venue: 17 June 1989, Recorded live at the Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131

Work length36:35

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Alban Berg Quartett
Recorded: 1989-06-09
Recording Venue: 9 June 1989, live at Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien

I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

Track length6:36

II. Allegro molto vivace

Track length3:00

III. Andante moderato

Track length0:51

IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile

Track length12:47

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V. Presto

Track length5:25

VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante

Track length1:23

VII. Allegro

Track length6:33

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

Work length42:16

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Alban Berg Quartett
Recorded: 1989-06-15
Recording Venue: 15 June 1989, live at Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien

I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro

Track length9:31

II. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length8:29

III. Molto adagio

Track length15:21

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IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace

Track length2:08

V. Allegro appasionato

Track length6:47

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

Work length25:08

Alban Berg Quartett
Recorded: 1989-06-10
Recording Venue: 10 June 1989, live at Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien

I. Allegretto

Track length6:19

II. Vivace

Track length3:20

III. Lento assai e cantante tranquillo

Track length8:27

IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro

Track length7:02

Awards and reviews

These performances are taken from an outstanding modern Beethoven quartet cycle, given by the Alban Berg Quartet in Vienna in 1989. To their trademark polish, finesse and intellectual penetration, the ABQ adds, where appropriate, a wildness and dangerous energy that is both exciting and characteristically Beethovenian.

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