Beethoven - Late String Quartets - Nimbus: NI6100 - 3 CDs or download

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Op 131 is particularly successful, its success embodied in the variations that comprise of the fourth movement Andante ma non troppo. Here interpretative insight, ensemble expertise and fine... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2009 More…

Release Date: 23rd Feb 2009
Catalogue No: NI6100
Label: Nimbus
Series: Alliance
Length: 3 hours 11 minutes

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

Work length35:56

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Wihan Quartet

I. Maestoso - Allegro

Track length6:47

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II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile

Track length15:13

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III. Scherzando vivace

Track length6:54

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IV. Finale

Track length7:02

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

Work length38:44

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Wihan Quartet

I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

Track length7:17

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II. Allegro molto vivace

Track length3:09

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III. Allegro moderato

Track length0:54

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IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile

Track length13:03

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V. Presto

Track length5:37

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VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante

Track length1:54

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VII. Allegro

Track length6:50

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

Work length31:24

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Wihan Quartet

I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro

Track length13:02

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II. Presto

Track length2:01

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III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo

Track length6:46

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IV. Alla danza tedesca - Allegro assai

Track length2:59

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V. Cavatina - Adagio molto espressivo

Track length6:36

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

Work length15:22

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Wihan Quartet

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

Work length45:32

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Wihan Quartet

I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro

Track length9:52

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II. Allegretto ma non tanto

Track length7:14

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III. Molto adagio

Track length18:57

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IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace

Track length2:13

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V. Allegro appassionato

Track length7:16

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

Work length24:58

$5.00

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Wihan Quartet

I. Allegretto

Track length6:32

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II. Vivace

Track length3:28

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III. Lento assai e cantante tranquillo

Track length7:31

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IV. Grave - Allegro - Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro

Track length7:27

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The Wihan Quartet, formed in 1985, are heirs to the great Czech musical tradition. The Quartet’s outstanding reputation for the interpretation of its native Czech heritage and of the many classical, romantic and modern masterpieces of the string quartet repertoire is widely acknowledged. They have developed an impressive international career, which includes visits to major festivals in Europe and the Far East. They visit the United States and Japan regularly and have had highly acclaimed tours of Australia and New Zealand. They are frequent visitors to the UK and can often be heard on BBC Radio 3 as well as in concert at many venues throughout the country.

‘Nimbus Alliance’ is a new classical record label created to offer international distribution to recordings licensed to Nimbus but not originated by the company. Nimbus Alliance will consider projects from new artists trying to find a home for recordings they have made privately or from mature artists who find that their back catalogue is no longer available due to changing fashion or industry mergers. All releases will be managed through the existing export, mail-order, download, synchronisation and retail channels of Wyastone Estate Limited and stock will be coordinated and manufactured at the companies’ facilities in Monmouth, UK and New Jersey, USA. The basic terms of a Nimbus Alliance contract are that rights in the recording remain with the artist who licenses the master to Nimbus on a fixed term and for a share of net profits. Each project will exist as a separate entity so that artists will enjoy the benefit of Nimbus’s global sales organisation whilst also being free to develop their own individual brand identity within the Nimbus Alliance family. Nimbus Alliance was officially launched on 25th January 2009 at the Wigmore Hall, London where the Wihan Quartet performed to a capacity audience. Just two weeks earlier the agreement was signed between Nimbus Alliance and the quartet and this release was designed, printed, manufactured and packaged in time to be on sale at the concert.

Reviews

June 2009

Op 131 is particularly successful, its success embodied in the variations that comprise of the fourth movement Andante ma non troppo. Here interpretative insight, ensemble expertise and fine dynamic shading come together most convincingly.

26th April 2009

These are richly rewarding readings of Beethoven’s late quartets, recorded live in Prague, the Wihan Quartet’s home city, last year. The group makes a meaty, full sound, and their vision of each work carries
with it the insight of long, deep mutual experience — the quartet’s personnel has, unusually, remained consistent for more than two decades. The slow movements are at the heart of their performances. The
19-minute molto adagio of Op 132 in A minor is achingly intense and beautifully controlled, and here asks all the right questions. We’re promised the middle and early quartets before the year is out. I can’t
wait.

Beethoven - Late String Quartets

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