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The Gewandhaus Quartett's outstanding cycle of Beethoven's complete string quartets recalls the strengths of the great cycles of the past. One hears echoes of the emotional warmth of the Budapest Quartet's, the intellectual strength of the Alban Berg Quartet's first version, the sumptuous tone of the Quartetto Italiano, and the deep spirituality of the Végh Quartet. The Leipzig players' performances are not just a patchwork of earlier approaches, but uniquely their own. They have a refined but relaxed ensemble, and polished but expressive tone, as well as a powerful but not overdriven sense of rhythm. These attributes create a unique group sound that is informed by tradition but not restrained by it. Like its famous predecessors, the Gewandhaus Quartett's cycle has strong and weak points. The early quartets (including here the composer's quartet transcription of his Piano Sonata, Opus 14/1), are bright, shiny, and insightful, and the middle quartets broad, powerful, and soulful. The late quartets, though, while sufficiently spiritualized in the slow movements, lack muscle in the fast movements and cohesion in the fugal movements, particularly in the Grosse Fuge. Nevertheless, in these days of glossy but superficial Beethoven quartet cycles, the Gewandhaus Quartett's version deserves to be heard by anyone who relishes these canonical works. New Classical Adventure's digital sound is remarkably natural.
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String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
DISC 2
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
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Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
DISC 3
String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major, Op. 18 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
DISC 4
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, 'Rasumovsky' (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
DISC 5
String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 "Razumovsky" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, 'Harp' (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
DISC 6
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, 'Rasumovsky' (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
DISC 7
String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Gewandhaus Quartet, Ensemble - Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer
2007 New Classical Adventure 2007 New Classical Adventure
Album review
The Gewandhaus Quartett's outstanding cycle of Beethoven's complete string quartets recalls the strengths of the great cycles of the past. One hears echoes of the emotional warmth of the Budapest Quartet's, the intellectual strength of the Alban Berg Quartet's first version, the sumptuous tone of the Quartetto Italiano, and the deep spirituality of the Végh Quartet. The Leipzig players' performances are not just a patchwork of earlier approaches, but uniquely their own. They have a refined but relaxed ensemble, and polished but expressive tone, as well as a powerful but not overdriven sense of rhythm. These attributes create a unique group sound that is informed by tradition but not restrained by it. Like its famous predecessors, the Gewandhaus Quartett's cycle has strong and weak points. The early quartets (including here the composer's quartet transcription of his Piano Sonata, Opus 14/1), are bright, shiny, and insightful, and the middle quartets broad, powerful, and soulful. The late quartets, though, while sufficiently spiritualized in the slow movements, lack muscle in the fast movements and cohesion in the fugal movements, particularly in the Grosse Fuge. Nevertheless, in these days of glossy but superficial Beethoven quartet cycles, the Gewandhaus Quartett's version deserves to be heard by anyone who relishes these canonical works. New Classical Adventure's digital sound is remarkably natural.
© TiVo
About the album
- 10 disc(s) - 85 track(s)
- Total length: 09:28:01
- Main artists: Gewandhaus Quartet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: New Classical Adventure
- Genre: Classical
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