Beethoven: The Late String Quartets

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	Music by:	Decca
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Creators:
Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer)
Takacs Quartet (Performer)

Recording label: Decca
EAN: 0028947084921
Binding: Audio CD
Format: Box set,
Release Date: 2005-01-11
Universal product code (UPC): 028947084921
Number of discs: 3

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Some Quartets, like the Busch, Italiano, and Talich, have come close to the inner core of these supreme masterpieces. The Takács Quartet now joins those select few. From the opening chords of the Op. 127--firmly stated, perfectly blended, just gruff enough while still sounding beautiful--you know you're in safe hands during this journey into the deepest, most timeless works in the repertory. Slow movements are always a major test here, and if the Takács doesn't surpass some of the above-mentioned groups, they are superior to their present-day peers in conveying Beethoven's deepest thinking while also attending to surface beauties. The Takács surpass the Emersons and Alban Berg Quartet(admirable as those performances are)in their interpretive insights and ensemble sound. But these masterpieces are so rich and dense that admirers need more than one version. The Takács are masters of Beethoven's quick-changing contrasts, making them sound logical, even inevitable. While their playing is full of drive and forward motion, it’s never excessively energetic or overly lean. Of course, the Grosse Fugue is included, along with Beethoven's substitute finale Opus 130 and the Opus 95 Quartet, making for three well-filled discs recorded in excellent sound. --Dan Davis

Disc 1 Tracks:
1. Maestoso - Allegro
2. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
3. Scherzando vivace
4. Finale
5. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
6. Allegro molto vivace
7. Allegro moderato
8. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Più mosso - Andante moderato e lusinghiero - Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice - Allegretto
9. Presto
10. Adagio quasi un poco andante
11. Allegro

Disc 2 Tracks:
1. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
2. Allegro ma non tanto
3. Heiliger Dankgesang e.Genesenden an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart.Molto adagio -. Andante - Molto adagio - Andante - Molto adagio.
4. Alla marcia, assai vivace - Più allegro - Presto
5. Allegro appassionato
6. Allegretto
7. Vivace
8. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
9. Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß (Grave - Allegro - Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro)

Disc 3 Tracks:
1. Allegro con brio
2. Allegretto ma non troppo
3. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
4. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato
5. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
6. Presto
7. Andante con moto ma non troppo. Poco scherzando
8. Alla danza tedesca (Allegro assai)
9. Cavatina ( Adagio molto espressivo)
10. Overtura (Allegro) - Meno mosso e moderato - Allegro - Fuga
11. Finale (Allegro)

Publishers: Decca