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This is not a new release by Hungary's Keller Quartet but an anthology of earlier recordings (plus a couple of new ones), among the few examples of such a thing in the ECM label's catalog. It is not a greatest-hits selection, but a group of recordings united by the titular Cantante e tranquillo theme: it is a collection of slow movements, bookended by a pair of performances of the movement with that title from Beethoven's String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135. Along the way is a little Ligeti, a little Schnittke, a little Bach, and a whole lot of György Kurtág, from two different versions of the Keller Quartet, lightly tied together by correspondences and references among the works. It does not make a deep kind of sense, but it's an attractive hour of music that could provide a meatier alternative (or complement) to the more sentimental collections of slow movements that abound on the market. The appeal is enhanced by the sound, which shows just how good ECM's sound was as early as 1990; it is less a question of strong remastering than of recordings that sounded great in the first place.
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String Quartet In F, Op. 135 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Zsófia Környei, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
String Quartet No. 2 (1968) (György Ligeti)
Gyorgy Ligeti, Composer - Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Zsófia Környei, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - János Pilz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ottó Kertész, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Zsófia Környei, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Piano Quintet (1972-6) (Alfred Schnittke)
Alfred Schnittke, Composer - Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexei Lubimov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - János Pilz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
In Air Clear And Unseen (Alexander Knaifel)
Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alexander Knaifel, Composer - János Pilz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
The Art Of Fugue, BWV 1080 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - János Pilz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ottó Kertész, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Officium Breve In Memoriam Andreae Szervánszky, Op. 28 (György Kurtág)
Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - János Pilz, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Ottó Kertész, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Quartet No. 13 In B Flat, Op. 130 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Zsófia Környei, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Gyorgy Kurtag, Composer - Zsófia Környei, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
String Quartet In F, Op. 135 (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Keller Quartett, String Quartet, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Zoltán Gál, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - András Keller, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Judit Szabó, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - Zsófia Környei, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Länger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
Album review
This is not a new release by Hungary's Keller Quartet but an anthology of earlier recordings (plus a couple of new ones), among the few examples of such a thing in the ECM label's catalog. It is not a greatest-hits selection, but a group of recordings united by the titular Cantante e tranquillo theme: it is a collection of slow movements, bookended by a pair of performances of the movement with that title from Beethoven's String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135. Along the way is a little Ligeti, a little Schnittke, a little Bach, and a whole lot of György Kurtág, from two different versions of the Keller Quartet, lightly tied together by correspondences and references among the works. It does not make a deep kind of sense, but it's an attractive hour of music that could provide a meatier alternative (or complement) to the more sentimental collections of slow movements that abound on the market. The appeal is enhanced by the sound, which shows just how good ECM's sound was as early as 1990; it is less a question of strong remastering than of recordings that sounded great in the first place.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:43
- Main artists: Keller Quartett
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2015 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2015 ECM Records GmbH
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