Juilliard String Quartet – The Beethoven Quartets 1964 – 1970 (Remastered) (2020)

Artist: Juilliard String Quartet
Title: Juilliard String Quartet - The Beethoven Quartets 1964 - 1970 (Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2020
Label: Sony Classical
Genre: Classical
Quality: flac lossless
Total Time: 08:24:33

Tracklist
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CD1
01. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18/1: I. Allegro con brio
02. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18/1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
03. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18/1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
04. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18/1: IV. Allegro
05. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18/2: I. Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18/2: II. Adagio cantabile
07. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18/2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
08. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18/2: IV. Allegro molto quasi presto

CD2
01. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18/3: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18/3: II. Andante con moto
03. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18/3: III. Allegro
04. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18/3: IV. Presto
05. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18/4: I. Allegro ma non tanto
06. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18/4: II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
07. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18/4: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
08. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18/4: IV. Allegro

CD3
01. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18/5: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18/5: II. Menuetto
03. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18/5: III. Andante cantabile
04. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18/5: IV. Allegro
05. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18/6: I. Allegro con brio
06. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18/6: II. Adagio ma non troppo
07. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18/6: III. Scherzo. Allegro
08. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18/6: IV. La malinconia. Adagio-Allegretto quasi allegro

CD4
01. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59/1 "Rasumovsky": I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59/1 "Rasumovsky": II. Allegretto vivace e semore scherzando
03. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59/1 "Rasumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto
04. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59/1 "Rasumovsky": IV. Allegro

CD5
01. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59/2 "Rasumovsky": I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59/2 "Rasumovsky": II. Molto adagio
03. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59/2 "Rasumovsky": III. Allegretto
04. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59/2 "Rasumovsky": IV. Finale. Presto
05. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59/3 "Rasumovsky": I. Introduzione: Andante con moto-Allegro vivace
06. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59/3 "Rasumovsky": II. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto
07. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59/3 "Rasumovsky": III. Menuetto. Grazioso
08. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59/3 "Rasumovsky": IV. Allegro molto

CD6
01. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": I. Poco adagio-Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": II. Adagio ma non troppo
03. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": III. Presto
04. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 "Harp": IV. Allegretto con variazioni
05. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Serioso": I. Allegro con brio
06. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Serioso": II. Allegretto, ma non troppo
07. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Serioso": III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
08. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Serioso": IV. Larghetto espressivo-Allegretto agitato

CD7
01. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso-Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
03. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
04. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: IV. Finale
05. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: I. Adagio, ma non troppo-Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: II. Presto-L'istesso tempo
07. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
08. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai
09. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
10. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: VI. Finale. Allegro (Remastered)

CD8
01. Great Fuge in B-Flat Major for String Quartet, Op. 133 (Remastered)
02. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo
03. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
04. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato
05. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante, a non troppo e molto cantabile; Più mosso; Andante moderato e lusinghiero-Adagio; Allegretto; Adagio, ma non troppo e simplice; Allegretto
06. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto
07. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
08. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro

CD9
01. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: I. Assai sostenuto. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto
03. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: III. Molto adagio
04. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace
05. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: V. Allegro appassionato
06. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto
07. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: II. Vivace
08. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
09. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: IV. Grave ma non torppo tratto. Allegro

It was in 1964 a few years after an early foray into Beethoven with four of the works for RCA Victors Red Seal label that the Juilliard String Quartet embarked on this complete set. They started out with the three Razumovsky and Harp quartets, which Columbia released the next year on its subsidiary Epic label. The six Early Quartets, op. 18, followed in 196869; the Late Quartets in 196970, along with op. 95 to complete the set of Middle Quartets. By now all the Juilliard recordings were appearing on Columbia Masterworks, including their Beethoven in three separate volumes. In celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethovens birth, Sony Classical is pleased to present the Juilliards complete cycle for the first time in a single box, newly remastered on nine albums. In a 1970 survey of available recordings of the Middle Quartets, High Fidelity, the leading US record journal, pinpointed the ensembles special qualities: The Juilliard plays with a sense of precision and rhythmic thrust unmatched by any other quartet currently active I find their playing highly expressive, but this expressivity is the result of clear articulation of formal structure rather than mere surface nuance.