{"product_id":"1376686","title":"Mettis Quartet - Beethoven String Quartets Op. 18\/4 \u0026 130 [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormed in Lithuania, the Mettis Quartet celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2022 and has chosen to mark the occasion with fresh interpretations of two Beethoven quartets that bookend his career: the String Quartet No 4 in C minor, Op 18, No 4, and the String Quartet No 13 in B-flat major, Op 130, including the monumental 'Grosse Fuge', Op 133.\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeethoven's first set of string quartets, the six Op. 18 Quartets, were written when he was a young man and may even include material from his earliest years in Bonn. The fourth is full of purposeful energy, forthright and immediate, with a Hungarian-inspired finale that shows the influence of Haydn. \\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut to 1825, two years before Beethoven's death, and we find the composer in a more introspective frame of mind, wearied by deafness and the dramatic upheavals of his life, but responding by writing music of extraordinary profundity and beauty. Beethoven called the Op. 130 Quartet his 'dear' quartet, but would never see it performed. In an expansive six movements, the work begins with a capricious opening movement and quicksilver scherzo, followed by a pastoral third movement and the 'German dance' of the fourth. Then comes the exquisite 'Cavatina'. It is said that Beethoven was moved to tears when writing this movement: 'Never did his music breathe so heartfelt an inspiration, and even the memory of this movement brought tears to his eyes'.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat follows is one of the greatest achievements in all music. Even now, the vast 'Gro\\xdfe Fuge' sounds modern, with its jagged lines, wide leaps, dissonances, extreme contrasts of dynamic and tempo, moments of dark humour and unsettling shifts in mood. Contemporary audiences were not ready and Beethoven wrote an alternative final movement, but we hear the 'Grand Fugue' in all its glory, played on this recording with rigour and passion by the Mettis Quartet. The group takes its name from a Greek mythological figure known for her skill, wisdom and cunning, and these musicians bring those qualities to their interpretations of Beethoven's music \\u2013 with thrilling results.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4. I. Allegro, Ma Non Tanto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4. II. Scherzo. Andante Scherzoso Quasi Allegretto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4. III. Minuet. Allegretto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 4 In C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4. IV. Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 13 In B-flat Major, Op. 130. I. Adagio Ma Non Troppo \\u2013 Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 13 In B-flat Major, Op. 130. II. Presto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 13 In B-flat Major, Op. 130. III. Andante Con Moto Ma Non Troppo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 13 In B-flat Major, Op. 130. IV. Alla Danza Tedesca. Allegro Assai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 13 In B-flat Major, Op. 130. V. Cavatina. Adagio Molto Espressivo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 13 In B-flat Major, Op. 130. VI. Gro\\xdfe Fuge, Op.133\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55128698487169,"sku":"1376686","price":13.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/41-MT4ozA-L._SL1500.jpg?v=1766780206","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/1376686","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}