Léner Quartet Plays Beethoven Op.131 & Op.132 (1924 Recordings)

Release Date: 9th Feb 2024
Catalogue No: 85042-2
Label: Biddulph
Length: 83 minutes

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

Work length40:41

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Lener Quartet

I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

Track length8:36

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II. Allegro molto vivace

Track length3:08

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III. Allegro molto - Adagio

Track length0:39

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IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Più mosso - Andante moderato e lusinghiero - Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice - Allegretto

Track length14:07

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V. Presto

Track length5:45

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VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante

Track length2:04

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VII. Allegro

Track length6:22

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

Work length42:36

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Lener Quartet

I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro

Track length8:20

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II. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length8:10

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III. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der Lydischen Tonart: Molto adagio - Andante

Track length17:30

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IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace

Track length2:04

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V. Allegro appassionato

Track length6:32

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"The Léner Quartet was the first ensemble to record all of Beethoven’s 16 string quartets. Hailing from Budapest, Hungary, three of the members had been pupils of the famed Jenő Hubay the Léner Quartet was perhaps the pre-eminent string quartet of the 1920s. After their successful UK debut in 1922, British Columbia signed the quartet. Besides the Beethoven cycle, they recorded much Haydn and Mozart, as well as the complete Brahms quartets. The two late Beethoven quartets included on this CD are the acoustical version made in 1924. Although they were supplanted in the catalogue by electrically recorded versions made a decade later, most connoisseurs of chamber music regard these earlier recordings as superior. Furthermore, their rendition of Beethoven’s A-minor Quartet has an important literary reference, where it becomes a central image in the final chapter of Aldous Huxley’s 1928 novel Point Counter Point. The moving description of the Heilige Dankgesang and its effect on the main character Spandrell in the last minutes of his life is a tribute to the intensity of the performance."

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