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Beethoven, Complete String Quartets - Quartetto Italiano

Posted By: btz39
Beethoven, Complete String Quartets - Quartetto Italiano

Beethoven, Complete String Quartets - Quartetto Italiano
Stereo | CD 1-2 from 10 CD | EAC Rip | APE, IMG+CUE NO LOG | 490 Mb | RAR 3% Rec.
Label: Philips | ASIN: B0000041LL | 1997
Classical - Viennese School

I have been listening to this set of the Beethoven quartets since the mid-70's. I never tire of these performances. I have over the years purchased other performances of the Beethoven quartets by the Emerson, Berg, Borodin, and Takacs but the QI's version is the one to which I return. There are no other performances that match the QI's for balance and crispness, detail and passion, And I have always admired Franco Rossi, the cellist, for his wonderful singing tone – especially in the Op. 59 F maj. I can only agree with the other reviewers praise of the late quartets especially the Op. 132.


Disc: 1
1. Quartet In F Major, Op.18 No.1: 1. Allegro con brio
2. Quartet In F Major, Op.18 No.1: 2. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
3. Quartet In F Major, Op.18 No.1: 3. Scherzo. Allegro molto
4. Quartet In F Major, Op.18 No.1: 4. Allegro
5. Quartet In G Major, Op.18 No.2: 1. Allegro
6. Quartet In G Major, Op.18 No.2: 2. Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
7. Quartet In G Major, Op.18 No.2: 3. Scherzo. Allegro
8. Quartet In G Major, Op.18 No.2: 4. Allegro molto, quasi presto

Disc: 2
1. Quartet In D Major, Op.18 No.3: 1. Allegro
2. Quartet In D Major, Op.18 No.3: 2. Andante con moto
3. Quartet In D Major, Op.18 No.3: 3. Allegro
4. Quartet In D Major, Op.18 No.3: 4. Presto
5. Quartet In C Minor, Op.18 No.4: 1. Allegro ma non tanto
6. Quartet In C Minor, Op.18 No.4: 2. Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto
7. Quartet In C Minor, Op.18 No.4: 3. Menuetto. Allegretto
8. Quartet In C Minor, Op.18 No.4: 4. Allegro