Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18, No. 1 & Op. 127: Beethoven/Artemis Quartet Volume 6

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they negotiate the tricky changes of tempo in the first movement of Op. 127 with great fluidity, provide an expressive yet poised view of the slow movement, and invest the Scherzo with suitably... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Oct 2010
Catalogue No: 6286590
Label: Erato
Series: Beethoven/Artemis Quartet
Length: 64 minutes

Gramophone Awards

2011

Shortlisted - Chamber

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1

Work length28:39

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Artemis Quartet (string quartet)
Recorded: 2010-05-19
Recording Venue: 19, 20 May, 29, 30 June & 1 July 2010 Teldex Studio, Berlin,

I. Allegro con brio

Track length9:07

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II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato

Track length8:50

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III. Scherzo (Allegro molto) & Trio

Track length4:00

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IV. Allegro

Track length6:42

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

Work length36:15

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Artemis Quartet (string quartet)
Recorded: 2010-05-19
Recording Venue: 19, 20 May, 29, 30 June & 1 July 2010 Teldex Studio, Berlin,

I. Maestoso - Allegro

Track length6:41

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II. Adagio ma non troppo, molto cantabile

Track length14:50

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III. Scherzando vivace

Track length8:07

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IV. Finale

Track length6:37

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For the Artemis Quartet, Beethoven remains “the most modern, provocative, experimental and boldest composer of all”. The Artemis’ devotion to Beethoven’s towering quartets brings two seasons of concerts around Europe and the US and, in 2011, the release of the complete cycle on Virgin Classics.

The sixth release in the Artemis Quartet’s complete Beethoven cycle comes as the Berlin-based ensemble devotes its international performing schedule to this cornerstone of the repertoire.

“This group finds a balance between projecting musical structure and conveying immediacy,” wrote the New York Times in March 2010. “The players cultivate unity of thought and intention but not conformity of sound and style ... the Beethoven performances the Artemis offered were remarkably cogent and organic. The Quartet in E flat (Op. 127), the first of the five late works, is my favourite of the Beethoven quartets, partly because it is so blithely strange. Artemis captured that quality in an engrossing performance. For example, in the middle of the pensive slow movement the music breaks out into something reminiscent of a sentimental German beer-hall tune complete with an oompah dance riff, qualities impishly conveyed here. The seemingly breezy theme of the finale has astonishing twists embedded in its phrases and harmonies, vividly realized by Artemis”.

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December 2010

they negotiate the tricky changes of tempo in the first movement of Op. 127 with great fluidity, provide an expressive yet poised view of the slow movement, and invest the Scherzo with suitably rustic verve and rhythmic dynamism

February 2011

The group's take on the String Quartet No. 12 resists smoothing over its uncomfortable, disconcerting juxtapositions of material...The Artemis's thoughtful, assertive interpretations plug us into Beethoven's radical core. They cast Beethoven as an instinctive modernist.

December 2010

They are integrated yet, individual, four musicians each outstanding but not standing out as such. The internal balance of the Artemis Quartet reflects their equilibrium...what's also communicated [is] the uncompromising honesty and probity of these musicians.

8th October 2010

...there's an astringent, dramatic quality to the playing, which is most effective in the "String Quartet No 12 in E flat major", making light work of the change in the second movement from lachrymose introversion to something akin to a jaunty dance, and back into bleakness again two minutes later

Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 18, No. 1 & Op. 127

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