Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet

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	Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven, Alban Berg Quartet, ... EMI Classics, 1999 average customer review:based on 30 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

VERY HIGH QUALITY RENDITION

All the performances on this set of the Beethoven String Quartets are of the highest quality. Particularly outstanding is the performance of Op 59 no 1
Intonation, expression, the ability of the players to meld together, and the dynamic range is all superb.
One small flaw (nothing to do with the playing)
In the very last track, the final movement of the B flat quartet (not the great fuge, but the movement Beethoven replaced it with), there is a continual flapping sound - I don't know where it came from, but it is very irritating, and I'm surprised that EMI let it through.

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All you need to know about String Quartets

This boxset has everything you need to know about String Quartets.
If this is not enough to mention, we can also remember that the musicians here are one-of-a-kind, and Beethoven wrotes the most rich and precious Opuses for String Quartets.
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Great Sound and early quartets

The Berg Beethoven is big and juicy and this suits the early quartets. Their sound and the recorded sound are certainly the best you will hear. The later quartets miss the introspection of some of the other great string quartets.
A great bargain and tops in sound!!!

They play very well

They play well, a very clean interpretation. I think they may be a starting point to Beethoven Quartets.It is possible to hear every instrument at all times and it is fine to know each part. But I like several other quartets in Beethoven.

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Good but not great

I guess I'm just used to Haydn and Mozart, because these string quartets were just too dissonant and untraditional for me - one who loves the Beethoven symphonies. To each his own, as they say. The recording itself is terrific - great engineering.

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Tracks
Op. 18 No. 1 In F Major: I: Allegro Con Brio - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No. 1 In F Major: II: Adagio Affettuoso Ed Appassionato - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No. 1 In F Major: III: Scherzo (Allegro Molto) & Trio - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No. 1 In F Major: IV: Allegro - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 59 No. 1 In F Major 'Rasumovsky': I: Allegro - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 59 No. 1 In F Major 'Rasumovsky': II: Allegretto Vivace E Sempre Scherzando - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 59 No. 1 In F Major 'Rasumovsky': III: Adagio molto e mesto : IV: Allegro (Thème russe) - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No.2 In G Major: I: Allegro - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No.2 In G Major: II: Adagio cantabile - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No.2 In G Major: III: Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No.2 In G Major: IV: Allegro molto, quasi presto - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No. 6 In B Flat Major: I: Allegro con brio - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No. 6 In B Flat Major: II: Adagio, ma non troppo - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No. 6 In B Flat Major: III: Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No. 6 In B Flat Major: IV: Adagio (La Malinconia) - Allegretto quasi Allegro - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 135 In F Major: I: Allegretto - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 135 In F Major: II: Vivace - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 135 In F Major: III: Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 135 In F Major: IV: Grave, ma non troppo tratto - Allegro - Alban Berg Quartett | Op. 18 No. 3 In D Major: I. Allegro | Op. 18 No. 3 In D Major: II. Andante con moto | III. Allegro | Op. 18 No. 3 In D Major: IV. Presto | Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major: I. Allegro | Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major: II. Menuetto & Trio | Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major: III. Andante cantabile | Op. 18 No. 5 in A Major: IV. Allegro | Op. 95 In F Minor: I. Allegro con brio | Op. 95 In F Minor: II. Allegretto ma non troppo | Op. 95 In F Minor: III: Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso | Op. 18 No. 4 In C Minor: I. Allegro ma non tanto | Op. 18 No. 4 In C Minor: II. Scherzo (Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto) | Op. 18 No. 4 In C Minor: III. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio | Op. 18 No. 4 In C Minor: IV. Allegro | Op. 130 in B flat Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro | Op. 130 in B flat Major: II. Presto | Op. 130 in B flat Major: III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo | Op. 130 in B flat Major: IV. Alla danza tedesca (Allegro assai) | Op. 130 in B flat Major: V Cavatina (Adagio molto espressivo) | Grosse Fuge In B Flat Major, Op. 133 | Op. 130 in B flat Major: VI. Finale (Allegro) | Op. 59 No. 2 In E Minor 'Rasumovsky': I: Allegro | Op. 59 No. 2 In E Minor 'Rasumovsky': II: Molto Allegro | Op. 59 No. 2 In E Minor 'Rasumovsky': III: Allegretto | Op. 59 No. 2 In E Minor 'Rasumovsky': IV: Finale (Presto) | Op. 127 In E Flat Major: I: Maaestoso - Allegro | Op. 127 In E Flat Major: II: Adagio ma non troppo, molto cantabile | Op. 127 In E Flat Major: III: Scherzando vivace | Op. 127 In E Flat Major: IV: Finale | Op. 59 No. 3 In C Major 'Rasumovsky': I: Introduzione (Andante con moto) - Allegro vivace | Op. 59 No. 3 In C Major 'Rasumovsky': II: Andante con moto quasi allegretto | Op. 59 No. 3 In C Major 'Rasumovsky': III: Menuetto (Grazioso) & Trio | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: I: Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: II: Allegro molto vivace | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: III: Allegro moderato | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: IV: Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: V: Presto | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: VI: Adagio quasi un poco andante | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: VI: Adagio quasi un poco andante | Op. 74 In E Flat Major 'Harp': I Poco adagio - Allegro - Beethoven | Op. 74 In E Flat Major 'Harp': II. Adagio ma non troppo - Beethoven | Op. 74 In E Flat Major 'Harp': III. Presto - Beethoven | Op. 74 In E Flat Major 'Harp': IV: Allegretto con Variazioni - Beethoven | Op.132 In A Minor: I: Allegro sostenuto - Allegro - Beethoven | Op.132 In A Minor: II: Allegro ma non tanto - Beethoven | Op.132 In A Minor: III: Molto adagio - Beethoven | Op.132 In A Minor: IV: Alla marcia, assai vivace - Beethoven

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