Gewandhaus Quartet - Beethoven: The String Quartets (10CDs)

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Gewandhaus Quartet - Beethoven: The String Quartets (10CDs) (2012)

2012

Label: Nca (Membran)
Classical
MP3
320 kbps
9h 28min
1,27 Gb

Disc 1:

String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
1. I. Allegro con brio 8:44
2. II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato 9:28
3. III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 3:27
4. IV. Allegro 6:30

String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
5. I. Allegro 7:39
6. II. Adagio cantabile 5:31
7. III. Scherzo: Allegro 4:27
8. IV. Allegro molto quasi presto 5:16

Disc 2:

String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18, No. 3
1. I. Allegro 8:05
2. II. Andante con moto 7:16
3. III. Allegro 3:40
4. IV. Presto 6:49

String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
5. I. Allegro ma non tanto 8:23
6. II. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto 6:52
7. III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio 3:48
8. IV. Allegro - Prestissimo 4:14

Disc 3:

String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5
1. I. Allegro 9:51
2. II. Menuetto 5:13
3. III. Andante cantabile 8:38
4. IV. Allegro 6:55

String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18, No. 6
5. I. Allegro con brio 9:07
6. II. Adagio ma non troppo 6:55
7. III. Scherzo: Allegro 3:23
8. IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro 7:51

Disc 4:

String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, "Rasumovsky"
1. I. Allegro 9:27
2. II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando 8:32
3. III. Adagio molto e mesto - 11:13
4. IV. Theme russe: Allegro 8:10

Disc 5:

String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, "Rasumovsky"
1. I. Allegro 14:21
2. II. Molto adagio 12:41
3. III. Allegretto 7:13
4. IV. Finale: Presto 5:36

String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74, "Harp"
5. I. Poco adagio - Allegro 9:31
6. II. Adagio ma non troppo 9:46
7. III. Presto 5:05
8. IV. Allegretto con variazioni 6:32

Disc 6:

String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, "Rasumovsky"
1. I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace 10:42
2. II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto 9:45
3. III. Menuetto: Grazioso - 5:01
4. IV. Allegro molto 6:08

String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, "Serioso"
5. I. Allegro con brio 4:15
6. II. Allegretto ma non troppo 6:30
7. III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso 4:39
8. IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro 4:54

Disc 7:

String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
1. I. Maestoso - Allegro 6:16
2. II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Andante con moto - 15:59
3. III. Scherzando vivace - Presto - Tempo I 7:36
4. IV. Finale 7:33

String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
5. I. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo - 6:22
6. II. Allegro molto vivace - 3:00
7. III. Allegro moderato - Adagio - 0:49
8. IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile 13:50
9. V. Presto - Molto poco adagio - 5:56
10. VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante - 1:53
11. VII. Allegro 6:21

Disc 8:

String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
1. I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro 8:54
2. II. Presto 2:01
3. III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo 6:38
4. IV. Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai 3:28
5. V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo - 6:40
6. VI. Finale: Allegro 8:13

Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133
7. Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 16:02

Disc 9:

String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
1. I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro 9:16
2. II. Allegro ma non tanto 9:17
3. III. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenden an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart: Molto adagio - Neue Kraftfuhtend: Andante - Molto adagio 16:21
4. IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace - Piu allegro - 2:12
5. V. Allegro appassionato 6:51

String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
6. I. Allegretto 6:06
7. II. Vivace 3:21
8. III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo 6:34
9. IV. Der schwer gefasste Entschluss: Grave, ma non troppo tratto - Allegro 6:28

Disc 10:

Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister (Including audio examples)

String Quartet No. 14 (rec. 1916)
1. IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile (excerpt) 3:58
2. V. Presto - Molto poco adagio (excerpt) 3:59
3. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Gerhard Bosse in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Gerhard Bosse 1:38

String Quartet No. 10 (rec. 1968)
4. I. Poco adagio - Allegro (excerpt) 2:30
5. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Gerhard Bosse in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Gerhard Bosse 4:22

String Quartet No. 10 (rec. 1968)
6. III. Presto (excerpt) 3:35
7. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Dietmar Hallmann in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Dietmar Hallmann 3:20

String Quartet No. 10 (rec. 1968)
8. IV. Allegretto con variazioni (excerpt) 2:12
9. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Dietmar Hallmann in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Dietmar Hallmann 4:05

String Quartet No. 14 (rec. 1985)
10. III. Allegro moderato - Adagio - IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile (excerpt) 8:03
11. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Karl Suske in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Karl Suske 3:56

String Quartet in F major, Hess 34 (arr. of Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 14, No. 1) (rec. 1997)
12. I. Allegro moderato 6:20
13. II. Allegretto 3:40
14. III. Allegro 3:40

Total Time: 9h 28min

Catalog #: 60139

Performer: Dietmar Hallmann, F. Erben, G. Glass, Gerhard Bosse, Jurnjakob Timm, Karl Suske, Giorgio Krohner, Volker Metz, Frank-Michael Erben

CD 10:
(01, 02): Gewandhaus-Quartett String Quartet, Claudius Herrmann Viola, K. Wolschke Violin, Julius Klengel Cello, E. Wollgandt Violin;

(04, 06, 08): G. Glass Violin, Gewandhaus-Quartett String Quartet, F. Erben Cello, Dietmar Hallmann Viola, Gerhard Bosse Violin;

(10): Gewandhaus-Quartett String Quartet, Jurnjakob Timm Cello, Dietmar Hallmann Viola, Karl Suske Violin, Giorgio Krohner Violin

(12, 13, 14): Volker Metz Viola, Gewandhaus-Quartett String Quartet, Jurnjakob Timm Cello, Karl Suske Violin, Frank-Michael Erben Cello