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Polish-Canadian Penderecki String Quartet, formed at the suggestion of Krzysztof Penderecki himself, has often recorded contemporary music. For this budget outing on Canada's Marquis label, they essay two of Beethoven's late quartets, which have been recorded hundreds of times. They're not uniformly successful readings, but they do not repeat what anybody else has done, and mileage (kilometerage?) may vary. From this perspective, the two slow movements are worth the purchase price all by themselves. Especially sustained in its intensity is the slow movement of the String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, titled by Beethoven "Prayer of Thanksgiving by a Recovering Patient to the Deity, in Lydian Mode." It's as completely unprecedented as the Ninth Symphony, and it's one of the two or three most gripping things Beethoven ever wrote when it's done well, as it is here: the Penderecki players take a proper moderate tempo and get the cumulative force of the main material as it returns in two varied forms. Elsewhere they're not so successful; the dance-like second and fourth movements of that quartet turn out mechanical, and the humor of the F major quartet comes through only intermittently. But by all means, try out the slow movements: they very rarely have this kind of beauty and power.
© TiVo
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Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Penderecki String Quartet, MainArtist
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Penderecki String Quartet, MainArtist
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Penderecki String Quartet, MainArtist
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Penderecki String Quartet, MainArtist
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Penderecki String Quartet, MainArtist
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Penderecki String Quartet, MainArtist
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Penderecki String Quartet, MainArtist
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Penderecki String Quartet, MainArtist
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Penderecki String Quartet, MainArtist
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
Album review
Polish-Canadian Penderecki String Quartet, formed at the suggestion of Krzysztof Penderecki himself, has often recorded contemporary music. For this budget outing on Canada's Marquis label, they essay two of Beethoven's late quartets, which have been recorded hundreds of times. They're not uniformly successful readings, but they do not repeat what anybody else has done, and mileage (kilometerage?) may vary. From this perspective, the two slow movements are worth the purchase price all by themselves. Especially sustained in its intensity is the slow movement of the String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132, titled by Beethoven "Prayer of Thanksgiving by a Recovering Patient to the Deity, in Lydian Mode." It's as completely unprecedented as the Ninth Symphony, and it's one of the two or three most gripping things Beethoven ever wrote when it's done well, as it is here: the Penderecki players take a proper moderate tempo and get the cumulative force of the main material as it returns in two varied forms. Elsewhere they're not so successful; the dance-like second and fourth movements of that quartet turn out mechanical, and the humor of the F major quartet comes through only intermittently. But by all means, try out the slow movements: they very rarely have this kind of beauty and power.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:27
- Main artists: Penderecki String Quartet
- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
- Label: Marquis Classics
- Genre: Classical
2014 Marquis Classics 2014 Marquis Classics
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