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Ludwig van Beethoven: The Three String Quartets, Op. 59
Prazak Quartet
Chamber Music - Released February 8, 2000 | Praga Digitals
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Beethoven: The Middle Quartets, Op. 59 Nos. 1 - 3; Op. 74 & Op. 95
Juilliard String Quartet
Classical - Released February 14, 2020 | Sony Classical
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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 "Rasoumovsky" & String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"
Budapest String Quartet
Classical - Released April 13, 2018 | Sony Classical
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Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasoumovsky": I. Introduzione. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
The Busch Quartet
Chamber Music - Released April 3, 2020 | The state51 Conspiracy Ltd
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Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets
Smetana Quartet
Chamber Music - Released August 28, 2020 | Supraphon a.s.
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The Smetana Quartet are a true legend. For over four decades (1945-1989), the ensemble gained critical acclaim and enthused audiences all over world, particularly in the UK, USA and Japan. They attained perfect chime and extraordinary flexibility in voice leading, resulting in part from their playing the entire repertoire by heart. The quartet performed Beethoven’s works throughout their existence – following Smetana, he was the composer on whose music they focused the most and whose complete quartets were in their repertoire from 1974 onwards. They explored some of Beethoven’s pieces for several years before including them in their concert programmes. In collaboration with a Supraphon team, in 1976 the ensemble embarked upon a colossal project, which in 1985 came to fruition with the release on Nippon Columbia of a recording of the complete Beethoven string quartets. Even though the past decade has seen significant changes pertaining to interpretation and technology, the Smetana Quartet’s account of Beethoven’s works is by no means a “museum exhibit”, with their vivacity and dynamism still enthralling today’s listeners. The recording, carefully digitally remastered from the original analogue tapes, is the very first release beyond Japan. Lovers of perfect sound are afforded the opportunity to listen to it Hi-Res 24 bit/192 kHz. © Supraphon
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Ludwig van Beethoven : Quatuors à cordes, op.18 n°5 & n°3, op.135 n°16
Quatuor Artemis
Classical - Released May 16, 2011 | Warner Classics
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Beethoven Around the World: Paris, String Quartets Nos 3 & 15
Quatuor Ébène
Classical - Released May 15, 2020 | Warner Classics
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Beethoven: Streichquartette, Opp. 59 & 74
Amadeus Quartet
Classical - Released October 26, 2018 | Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
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Beethoven: Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasoumovsky": I. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
The Budapest String Quartet
Chamber Music - Released April 3, 2020 | The state51 Conspiracy Ltd
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The Complete Beethoven Piano Concertos
Garrick Ohlsson
Classical - Released May 12, 2023 | Reference Recordings
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Musical careers last longer than they used to, and here, it is difficult to detect any weakening of the long-impressive technique of pianist Garrick Ohlsson, 74 years old, when this album was recorded in the summer of 2022. The feat is especially impressive in that all five of the Beethoven concertos (plus the Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43, with no piano) were performed live within a single week. Ohlsson is backed by the Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra under the direction of veteran conductor Donald Runnicles, who points out that he and Ohlsson had very little discussion about interpretation prior to the performances. It is here that Ohlsson's expertise is evident. He doesn't blaze any new paths in these works, but one has the feeling that he holds the performances, to borrow a phrase from John Le Carré, like a thrush's egg in his hand. His readings are simple in the best way. Sample the arresting opening of the first movement of the Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58; it is direct, yet there are micro shapings that bespeak long familiarity. In fact, it is in the first two concertos, where the lengthy expositions make it less possible for Ohlsson to control the flow of events, that are less effective. The partnership between Ohlsson and the orchestra, though, is lively throughout, and Runnicles gets excellent results from what is likely essentially a pickup group; the orchestra is moderately sized and agile. Superb live recording from Reference Recordings, discussed in detail in the booklet, is another draw.
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Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 4 and Op. 97 "Archduke"
Yo-Yo Ma
Classical - Released March 15, 2024 | Sony Classical
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The "Beethoven for Three" series, featuring piano trio arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies, offers one or more symphonies together with one of the composer's actual piano trios. The three performers, violinist Leonidas Kavakos, pianist Emanuel Ax, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma, could probably have sold albums on name recognition alone, but they deliver performances worthy of their names. Certainly, arrangements of Beethoven's symphonies for smaller forces were common enough in the 19th century, but the ones here, by composer Shai Wosner, are new and frequently quite artful; hear the delicate slow introduction to the first movement of the Symphony No. 4, Op. 60, where Wosner interprets the original rather than straining to duplicate it. The highlight on this volume may come with the masterful reading of the Piano Trio in B flat major, Op. 97 ("Archduke"), where the players' familiarity with each other really shows. Sample the Scherzo, where there is not a note that isn't distinctively articulated in some way, and the fascinatingly deliberate opening to the finale. Sony Classical contributes impressive engineering from a new studio venue at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in upstate New York. This album breathes new life into the all-star format, and it made classical best-seller lists in the spring of 2024.© James Manheim /TiVo
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Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9 & Overtures (Remastered HD)
Herbert von Karajan
Classical - Released March 24, 2014 | Warner Classics International
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The Karajan Official Remastered Edition is a series of remasterings, from the original master tapes, of the finest recordings the Austrian conductor made for EMI between 1946 et 1984 including Karajan's first — and probably most thrilling — recording of the complete Beethoven Symphonies, made in the early 1950s (1951-1955) with London's Philharmonia Orchestra recently founded by Walter Legge. The recording of the Ninth Symphony is available here in stereo for the very first time, taken from original, unreleased tapes.
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
Bernard Haitink
Classical - Released September 12, 2006 | LSO Live
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Beethoven's nine symphonies -- what can one say? The greatest body of orchestral works ever composed? Probably. The most performed body of orchestral works ever composed? Certainly. The most recorded body of orchestral works ever composed? Absolutely. Not only has virtually every conductor recorded a Beethoven cycle, some of them have gotten to record it multiple times: Abbado, Bernstein, Solti, Karajan, and Haitink, among others. What does this proliferation tell us? Usually nothing about the music that hasn't been heard before, but sometimes something about what the conductor thinks about the music. These performances with the London Symphony Orchestra recorded in 2005 and 2006 tell what Bernard Haitink thinks about the greatest body of orchestral works ever composed. And what does Haitink think? Pretty much nothing that hasn't been thought before. His tempos are neither too fast nor too slow, but straight down the moderato. His dynamics are neither too loud nor too quiet, but right in the mezzo. His textures are clear and lucid. His colors are blended and smooth. His interpretations are solid and sincere. But what does Haitink tell us about what he thinks about Beethoven's symphonies? Pretty much nothing except that he is an experienced conductor with a superb baton technique who keeps his opinions to himself. The London Symphony's playing is enthusiastic but too often ragged around the edges for comfort. LSO Live's recording is transparent but the perspective seems to shift from work to work -- sometimes the strings are too far away, other times the brass are too close.© TiVo
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Beethoven: Fur Elise, Bagatelles Opp. 33, 119 & 126
Paul Lewis
Classical - Released July 10, 2020 | harmonia mundi
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‘Miniature’ Beethoven! In our collective idea of the piano, Beethoven’s name is associated with the monument of the thirty-two sonatas, which have often been elevated to the status of the ‘New Testament’ beside the ‘Old Testament’ of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier. Yet, over a period of decades, the composer of Für Elise constantly returned to the genre of the bagatelle, which he called ‘trifles’ but which actually meant a great deal to him. In this small form par excellence, as in the sonata, Beethoven laid the foundations for a flourishing new genre, the piano miniature. Whether they last a few minutes or a few seconds, these Bagatelles are masterpieces! © harmonia mundi
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Beethoven: Complete Sonatas for Piano and Violin
Ludwig van Beethoven
Classical - Released September 25, 2014 | Challenge Classics
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Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 3
Dover Quartet
Chamber Music - Released October 14, 2022 | Cedille
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The celebrated Dover Quartet, the young, concludes its three-volume Beethoven cycle with the composer’s five monumental, revolutionary late Quartets and imposing Grosse Fugue. This album release comprises Beethoven’s very last compositions - remarkable and often daunting works that upended the concept of the string quartet. Many critics and scholars consider them the ultimate expression of Beethoven’s artistry. At the same time, lyrical, songlike "vocal" writing pervades the late Quartets, delighting the same audiences who flocked to Rossini’s operas. The Dover’s first two Beethoven installments were greeted with ecstatic reviews: "Beethoven would find it hard to believe that his quartets could be played with such perfection of execution, such beauty of tone, such nuance of expression, and such keen understanding of his music’s meaning and intent" (Fanfare) “Their Beethoven is, simply, perfection.” (Classical CD Reviews) © Cedille Records
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3
National Symphony Orchestra, Kennedy Center
Symphonies - Released September 16, 2022 | National Symphony Orchestra
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This live release is the first in a digital series, eventually to culminate in a physical box set, including all nine of Beethoven's symphonies. Each release will feature an illustration by Mo Willems; these were also displayed at Washington's Kennedy Center, where the music was recorded, and the graphics are reproduced on the digital (and eventual physical) releases. Conductor Gianandrea Noseda does not exactly break new ground with these interpretations, but they are vigorous works with a consistent perspective, well executed by the National Symphony Orchestra. Noseda emphasizes the brashness of the young Beethoven in both the Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21, and Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 ("Eroica"). His tempos are brisk, and he observes the Allegro molto e vivace label on the Menuetto of the Symphony No. 1 where many conductors opt for a more graceful Mozartian quality. Surrounding the funeral march of the Symphony No. 3 with urgent, fast playing emphasizes its somber quality, and here, Noseda does not rush. The album is nicely recorded by the engineers from the National Symphony's own new label, and though applause is not retained, one imagines there was quite a bit (if it was allowed). One awaits the rest of Noseda's series with interest.
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Beethoven Complete Symphonies
Staatskapelle Dresden
Classical - Released May 28, 2021 | Brilliant Classics
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 9,7,5,3 by Ferenc Fricsay
Ferenc Fricsay
Classical - Released March 4, 2022 | Alexandre Bak - Classical Music Reference Recording
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 - Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Maxim Emelyanychev
Symphonic Music - Released October 19, 2018 | Aparté
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