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Beethoven String Quartets (early)

Orion String Quartet

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Once a generation, there's a string quartet that comes along and plays the cycle of Beethoven's 16 quartets with confident, arresting mastery. The Orion String Quartet of New York, which has had considerable success on both sides of the Atlantic. The group doesn't break new ground with its interpretations, but the sheer elegance and precision of the readings is hard to top. The Orion has played the quartets in reverse chronological order, perhaps because if you had to do without one of the two-disc sets, you'd probably skip the early quartets heard here. But the vigorously virtuosic outer movements, with brothers Daniel Phillips and Todd Phillips trading off on the first violin parts, and in general in the dense violin passagework, seem to unfold like clockwork, and the slow movements have the light simplicity that is sometimes missing in performances of these works. The six quartets of Op. 18 are played in their order of compositions, with the String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18/3, coming first, and the group's technical facility does not impede it from catching the humorous turns of this spiky little work. The LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College makes a strong chamber music venue from an engineering standpoint, and in general this release, and the entire Orion set, can be recommended to anyone for basic Beethoven string quartet listening.
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1
String Quartet No. 3 In D Major, Op. 18/3: Allegro
00:05:21

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

2
String Quartet No. 3 In D Major, Op. 18/3: Allegro
00:07:19

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

3
String Quartet No. 3 In D Major, Op. 18/3: Allegro
00:02:45

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

4
String Quartet No. 3 In D Major, Op. 18/3: Presto
00:04:26

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

5
String Quartet No. 1 In F Major, Op. 18/1: Allegro Con Brio
00:07:02

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

6
String Quartet No. 1 In F Major, Op. 18/1: Adagio Affettuoso
00:09:49

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

7
String Quartet No. 1 In F Major, Op. 18/1: Scherzo – Allegro Molto
00:03:21

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

8
String Quartet No. 1 In F Major, Op. 18/1: Allegro
00:06:23

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

9
String Quartet No. 2 In G Major ("compliments"), Op. 18/2: Allegro
00:06:00

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

10
String Quartet No. 2 In G Major ("compliments"), Op. 18/2: Adagio Cantabile
00:06:01

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

11
String Quartet No. 2 In G Major ("compliments"), Op. 18/2: Scherzo. Allegro
00:04:38

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

12
String Quartet No. 2 In G Major ("compliments"), Op. 18/2: Allegro Molto Quasi Presto
00:05:25

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

DISC 2

1
String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18/4: Allegro Ma Non Tanto
00:06:38

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

2
String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18/4: Scherzo
00:05:46

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

3
String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18/4: Menuetto – Allegretto
00:04:11

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

4
String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18/4: Allegro
00:04:33

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

5
String Quartet No. 5 In A Major, Op. 18/5: Allegro
00:05:07

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

6
String Quartet No. 5 In A Major, Op. 18/5: Menuetto
00:05:21

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

7
String Quartet No. 5 In A Major, Op. 18/5: Andante Cantabile
00:10:04

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

8
String Quartet No. 5 In A Major, Op. 18/5: Allegro
00:05:04

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

9
String Quartet No. 6 In B Flat Major, Op. 18/6: Allegro Con Brio
00:04:45

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

10
String Quartet No. 6 In B Flat Major, Op. 18/6: Adagio Ma Non Troppo
00:06:58

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

11
String Quartet No. 6 In B Flat Major, Op. 18/6: Scherzo
00:03:11

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

12
String Quartet No. 6 In B Flat Major, Op. 18/6: Adagio – La Malinconia
00:03:26

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

13
String Quartet No. 6 In B Flat Major, Op. 18/6: Allegretto Quasi Allegro
00:04:51

Orion String Quartet, MainArtist

2009 E1 Music International Classics 2009 E1 Music International Classics

Albumbeschreibung

Once a generation, there's a string quartet that comes along and plays the cycle of Beethoven's 16 quartets with confident, arresting mastery. The Orion String Quartet of New York, which has had considerable success on both sides of the Atlantic. The group doesn't break new ground with its interpretations, but the sheer elegance and precision of the readings is hard to top. The Orion has played the quartets in reverse chronological order, perhaps because if you had to do without one of the two-disc sets, you'd probably skip the early quartets heard here. But the vigorously virtuosic outer movements, with brothers Daniel Phillips and Todd Phillips trading off on the first violin parts, and in general in the dense violin passagework, seem to unfold like clockwork, and the slow movements have the light simplicity that is sometimes missing in performances of these works. The six quartets of Op. 18 are played in their order of compositions, with the String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18/3, coming first, and the group's technical facility does not impede it from catching the humorous turns of this spiky little work. The LeFrak Concert Hall at Queens College makes a strong chamber music venue from an engineering standpoint, and in general this release, and the entire Orion set, can be recommended to anyone for basic Beethoven string quartet listening.
© TiVo

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