Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets

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Smetana Quartet

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SU 4283-2

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Beethoven according to the legendary Smetana Quartet. The first worldwide release.

The Smetana Quartet are a true legend. For over four decades (1945-1989), the ensemble gained critical acclaim and enthused audiences all over world, particularly in the UK, USA and Japan. They attained perfect chime and extraordinary flexibility in voice leading, resulting in part from their playing the entire repertoire by heart. The quartet performed Beethoven’s works throughout their existence – following Smetana, he was the composer on whose music they focused the most and whose complete quartets were in their repertoire from 1974 onwards. They explored some of Beethoven’s pieces for several years before including them in their concert programmes. In collaboration with a Supraphon team, in 1976 the ensemble embarked upon a colossal project, which in 1985 came to fruition with the release on Nippon Columbia of a recording of the complete Beethoven string quartets. Even though the past decade has seen significant changes pertaining to interpretation and technology, the Smetana Quartet’s account of Beethoven’s works is by no means a “museum exhibit”, with their vivacity and dynamism still enthralling today’s listeners. The recording, carefully digitally remastered from the original analogue tapes, is the very first release beyond Japan. Lovers of perfect sound are afforded the opportunity to listen to it Hi-Res 24 bit/192 kHz.

Works:

• Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 'Rasumovsky No. 1'
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Rasumovsky No. 2'
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3'
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp
• ' Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
• Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

nośnik

CD x 7

gatunek

Muzyka klasyczna

producent

Supraphon

data wydania

30-09-2020

EAN / kod kreskowy

099925428327

cena 269,00 zł

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Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets

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Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets
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