Beethoven: The ‘Late’ Quartets

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Virtuosity serving profundity? An unlikely concept perhaps but it happens here...It's the shared experience that tells - the dovetailing of the parts, of knowing when to blend or separate, when... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 More…

Release Date: 20th Sep 2010
Catalogue No: HMU807481/83
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Length: 3 hours 18 minutes

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

Work length35:31

$6.40

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Tokyo String Quartet

I. Maestoso - Allegro

Track length6:32

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II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile

Track length13:40

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III. Scherzando vivace

Track length8:19

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IV. Finale

Track length7:00

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

Work length37:17

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Tokyo String Quartet

I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

Track length6:17

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II. Allegro molto vivace

Track length2:57

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III. Allegro moderato - Adagio

Track length0:45

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IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile

Track length13:47

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V. Presto

Track length5:02

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VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante

Track length1:55

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VII. Allegro

Track length6:34

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

Work length48:10

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Tokyo String Quartet

I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro

Track length13:03

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II. Presto

Track length2:02

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III. Andante con moto ma non troppo

Track length6:58

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IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai

Track length3:33

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V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo

Track length6:16

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Fugue for string quartet in B-flat major "Grosse Fuge", Op. 133

Track length16:18

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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130: VI. Finale. Allegro

Work length10:06

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Tokyo String Quartet

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

Work length36:45

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Tokyo String Quartet

I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro

Track length9:16

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II. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length9:09

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III. Molto adagio

Track length16:03

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IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace

Track length2:17

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

Work length30:19

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Tokyo String Quartet

V. Allegro appassionato

Track length6:49

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I. Allegretto

Track length6:25

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II. Vivace

Track length3:20

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III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo

Track length6:49

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IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro

Track length6:56

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The Tokyo String Quartet completes its acclaimed Beethoven cycle with the composer’s valdedictory quartets of 1825-26. As he looked ahead to structures and soundworlds then unimagined, and glanced back to the bedrock counterpoint of Western music, Beethoven turned inwards to his well of experience, much of it harsh, from which he drew this music of transcendent power.

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November 2010

Virtuosity serving profundity? An unlikely concept perhaps but it happens here...It's the shared experience that tells - the dovetailing of the parts, of knowing when to blend or separate, when to assert or comply, all coming together in that tough test, the Grosse Fuge.

25th November 2010

The Tokyo Quartet continues to prize beauty of sound and smoothness of articulation above all other musical qualities, and there are few recordings of these works to match the sheer polish and unanimity of ensemble that are on display here.

Beethoven: The ‘Late’ Quartets

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