Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets vol. 2

Cuarteto Casals

HMM 902403.05

After ‘Inventions’, ‘Revelations’ is the second volume in a complete set of the Beethoven quartets that breaks new ground: it aims to regroup the works according to their position within the three broad creative divisions of the composer’s life – the formative years, the ‘heroic’ period and the late period. This programme assembles the ‘median quartets’, in other words the works that prolonged and consolidated the stylistic innovations outlined at the beginning of each of these creative periods. ‘It’ll be fascinating to hear the next instalment’ (Gramophone).

Works:

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
• 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. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

CD x 3

Muzyka klasyczna

Harmonia Mundi

06-05-2019

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