Beethoven: Late String Quartets

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These are performances on the largest scale…although of course only four instruments are playing, you have to remind yourself that you’re not listening to a symphony orchestra…I have found, so... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 3rd Jan 2020
Catalogue No: CHAN20114(3)
Label: Chandos
Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'

Work length22:11

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Brodsky Quartet

I. Allegro con brio

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II. Allegretto ma non troppo

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III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso

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IV. Larghetto espressivo. Allegretto agitato

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

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I. Adagio ma non troppo. Allegro

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II. Presto

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III. Andante con moto ma non troppo

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IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai

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V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo

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VI. Finale. Allegro

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

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

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I. Maestoso. Allegro

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II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile

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III. Scherzando vivace

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IV. Finale. Allegro

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

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Brodsky Quartet

I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

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II. Allegro molto vivace

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III. Allegro moderato

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IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile

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V. Presto

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VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante

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VII. Allegro. Poco adagio

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

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I. Assai sostenuto. Allegro

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II. Allegro ma non tanto

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III. Molto adagio. Andante

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IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace

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V. Allegro appassionato

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

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Brodsky Quartet

I. Allegretto

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II. Vivace

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III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo

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IV. Grave, ma non troppo tratto. Allegro

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The late quartets of Beethoven are renowned as the pinnacle of his output, and stand among the greatest compositions of all time. The Brodsky Quartet’s keenly anticipated recording celebrates the Beethoven year.

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March 2020

These are performances on the largest scale…although of course only four instruments are playing, you have to remind yourself that you’re not listening to a symphony orchestra…I have found, so far, that these renderings impress me rather than, as is more usually the case with these works, move me, but I shall certainly listen to them again and often, because I am struck by the sheer energy and belief that goes into the playing.

March 2020

At every turn of these engrossing and deeply considered readings, I like how the Brodskys ask questions of the music, of the listener too...Transitions are a continual pleasure of this set, always driven by something more than tempo markings...the Brodskys’s playing faithfully follows Beethoven into extreme terrain, not least in a radiant 20-minute account of the ‘Heiliger Dankgesang’.

9th January 2020

There is no shortage of outstanding recordings of these summits of the quartet repertory...But while the Brodsky versions may not threaten the positions of any of the established great sets, they certainly have their own distinctive virtues, and the highlights reach very high indeed. Technically, these performances are immaculate, so it all comes down to a question of personal taste.

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