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Beethoven - Complete String Quartets | Foghorn Classics FOGCD2005

Beethoven - Complete String Quartets

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Label: Foghorn Classics

Cat No: FOGCD2005

Barcode: 0700871200522

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 9

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 5th October 2009

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Contents

Artists

Alexander String Quartet

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

String Quartets (complete) (16)

Artists

Alexander String Quartet

About

The Alexander String Quartet has performed in the major music capitals of four continents, securing its standing among the world’s premier ensembles. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart and Shostakovich, the Quartet has also established itself as an important advocate of new music through over 25 commissions and numerous premiere performances. This new US label, Foghorn Classics, is the home of the Alexander String Quartet.

These stunning recordings, made in just 19 days in 2008 at New York City’s famed American Academy of Arts and Letters, constitute a splendid contemporary survey of this indispensible cycle. Their 2nd account of the Beethoven quartets in their almost three decades together, the Alexander String Quartet’s recorded sound is once again simply stunning.

The packaging is gorgeous, the exceptional liner notes by Eric Bromberger are wonderfully insightful and the production by multiple Grammy winner, Judith Sherman is flawless. The respective voices are exquisitely exposed and supported and always balanced to perfection. The pathos, humor and the agony are expressed without reserve and these uniquely vital, loving and essential interpretations constitute a landmark accomplishment for this splendid ensemble.

The ASQ can take considerable credit from these superb interpretations. Their dedication and insight has paid off as this set is one of the very finest available. This Foghorn set is unquestionably one of my ‘Records of the Year’ for 2009.” - Music Web International

Three volumes on 9 CDs:
Early Quartets
String Quartet in F Major, Op.18 No.1
String Quartet in G Major, Op.18 No.2
String Quartet in D Major, Op.18 No.3
String Quartet in C Minor, Op.18 No.4
String Quartet in A Major, Op.18 No.5
String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.18 No.6

Middle Quartets
Quartet in F Major, Op.59, “Razumovsky No.1”
Quartet in E Minor, Op.59, “Razumovsky No.2”
Quartet in C Major, Op.59, “Razumovsky No.3”
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.74, “The Harp”
Quartet in F Minor, Op.95, “Serioso”

Late Quartets
Quartet in E-flat Major, Op.127
Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Op.131
Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.130
Grosse Fuge in B-flat Major, Op.133
Quartet in A Minor, Op.132
Quartet in F Major, Op.135

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