Beethoven: String Quintets (Complete)
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Artist
The Zurich String Quintet:
Boris Livschitz violin
Mátyás Bartha violin
Zvi Livschitz viola
Dominik Ostertag viola
Mikayel Hakhnazaryan cello
Viorel Alexandru double-bass
Format
2 CD
Cat. number
92857
EAN code
5028421928579
Release
April 2006
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About this release
Beethoven’s complete string quintets by the Zurich String Quintet. This might be a surprise: Did Beethoven write that many string quintets? Yes and no.
In addition to the well-known quintet Op. 29, this set also includes the earlier Op. 4, which the composer later recomposed for octet (Op. 103). Beethoven also arranged his piano trio Op. 1 No. 3 for string quintet, it is his Op. 104. With the Fugue for string quintet, Op. 137, this release offers all there is by Beethoven for 5 string instruments.
Other information:
- Featuring two bonuses: the duet for viola and cello (WoO 32) and sechs ländlerische Tänze for 2 violins, cello and double-bass (WoO 15)
- Recommended to any lover of chamber music.
Listening
Track list
Disk 1
1 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29: Allegro moderato
2 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29: Adagio molto espressivo
3 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29: Scherzo, allegro
4 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29: Presto
5 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C Minor, Op. 104 (arrangement of Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 3): Allegro con brio
6 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C Minor, Op. 104 (arrangement of Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 3): Andante cantabile con variazioni
7 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C Minor, Op. 104 (arrangement of Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 3): Menuetto, quasi allegro
8 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in C Minor, Op. 104 (arrangement of Piano Trio, Op. 1 No. 3): Finale, prestissimo
Disk 2
1 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 4: Allegro con brio
2 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 4: Andante
3 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 4: Menuetto
4 Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 4: Finale, presto
5 Ludwig van Beethoven: Fugue, for String Quintet in D Major, Op. 137
6 Ludwig van Beethoven: Duet for Viola and Cello in E-Flat Major, WoO 32: Movement 1
7 Ludwig van Beethoven: Duet for Viola and Cello in E-Flat Major, WoO 32: Minuetto
8 Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Ländlerische Tänze for 2 violins, cello and double-bass, WoO 15