Inventions

Ludwig van Beethoven. The Complete String Quartets. vol.1

Launching its complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets, the Cuarteto Casals presents this first installment featuring initial examples of the genre from each of the three key periods in the composer's career: his formative years, the socalled 'heroic' middle period, and that of his artisticmaturity. The ingenious juxstaposition shows how much his superhuman quest for perfection enriched a compositional language of breathtaking originality in tandem with a depth of expression without precedent in this genre, of which Beethoven is the uncontested master.

track list

I. Allegro con brio

8:30

I. Allegro

7'13

II. Andante con moto

6'21

String Quartet no. 4 op. 18 no. 4. C minor

III. Scherzo. Allegro molto

3'04

String Quartet no.3 op.18 no. 3. D major

IV. Presto

5'55

II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto

6'31

II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato

8'13

I. Allegro ma non tanto

7'44

IV. Allegro

6'09

IV. Allegro

4'29

III. Allegro

2'40

III. Menuetto. Allegretto

3'09

String Quartet no.1 op. 18 no.1. F major

2

II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando

8'23

String Quartet no. 7 op. 59 no. 1. F major

1

I. Allegro

10'05

II. Allegretto

2'56

III. Adagio molto e mesto

11'50

Piano Sonata no. 9 op. 14 no 1. Arrangement for string quartet by Beethoven. F major

I. Allegro moderato

6'04

III. Allegro

3'23

IV. Thème russe. Allegro

7'38

3

I. Allegretto

6'27

III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo

6'28

IV. Grave, ma non troppo tratto. Allegro

9,52

String Quartet no. 12 op. 127. E-flat major

II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile

13'59

III. Scherzo vivace. Trio

7'54

II. Vivace

3'12

IV. Finale. Allegro

6'45

I. Maestoso. Allegro

5'55

String Quartet no. 16 op 135. F major

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