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Narratio Quartet - Beethoven Early String Qtets [CD]

Narratio Quartet - Beethoven Early String Qtets [CD]

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The first volume of Beethoven's String Quartets survey by Narratio Quartet comprises the Six Quartets opus 18. The Quartet play on period instruments and also assume a radical position towards performance practice including the revival of long-time neglected attitudes: a more flexible concept of tempo, a restrained and cautious use of vibrato, the portamento as the main expressive tool. Two more boxes will follow: Middle String Quartets in late 2024 and Late String Quartets on Spring 2025.

Viola de Hoog: I have often wondered which of the 'great spirits' might provide a new impulse and a different direction for what we call classical music in this early part of the twenty-first century. Narratio Quartet have been immersed in all of Beethoven's string quartets for over fifteen years now. We experience time and again how Beethoven explored and then overcame the limits of the Classical style and the instrumental difficulties that were prevalent at the start of the nineteenth century. What we hear has been enriched by the passing of two centuries and the gaining of wider experience. Progress indeed, might be your first thought, but perhaps we have also lost something along the way? The ability to feel how groundbreaking and visionary this music was in those days. My colleagues and I feel that using instruments that are comparable to those of the time has helped us enormously in getting somewhat closer to the surprise, the bewilderment and the rapture that the musicians in Schuppanzigh's quartet must have felt when they first came face to face with the newest and most innovative chamber music of the day.

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'daring interpretations of Beethoven's six 'early' quartets. [\x85] No. 2 is especially lovely for its lightness of touch and rhythmic point.' \x96 Gramophone

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'these [are] marvellously communicative performances. The continuation of the Narratio's cycle can be awaited with the keenest anticipation.' \x96 Early Music Review

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'there is much to enjoy in the quartet's poised and stylish playing, which acquires real passion at the amazing climax of the second movement of No. 1 in F' \x96 BBC Music Magazine ****

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 3 in D major - I. Allegro

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 2 in G major - I. Allegro

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 4 in C minor - I. Allegro ma non tanto

II. Andante con moto

II. Adagio cantabile-Allegro-Tempo I

II. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto

III. Allegro

III. Scherzo Allegro, Trio

III. Menuetto Allegro, Trio

IV. Presto

IV. Allegro molto, quasi Presto

IV. Allegretto-Prestissimo

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1 in F major - I. Allegro con brio

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 5 in A major - I. Allegro

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 6 in B-flat major - I. Allegro con brio

II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato

II. Menuetto, Trio

II. Adagio ma non troppo

III. Scherzo Allegro molto, Trio

III. Andante cantabile [con variazioni]

III. Scherzo Allegro,Trio

IV. Allegro

IV. Allegro

IV. La Malinconia, Questo pezzo si deve trattare colla piu gran delicatezza Adagio-Allegretto quasi Allegro

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The first volume of Beethoven's String Quartets survey by Narratio Quartet comprises the Six Quartets opus 18. The Quartet play on period instruments and also assume a radical position towards performance practice including the revival of long-time neglected attitudes: a more flexible concept of tempo, a restrained and cautious use of vibrato, the portamento as the main expressive tool. Two more boxes will follow: Middle String Quartets in late 2024 and Late String Quartets on Spring 2025.

Viola de Hoog: I have often wondered which of the 'great spirits' might provide a new impulse and a different direction for what we call classical music in this early part of the twenty-first century. Narratio Quartet have been immersed in all of Beethoven's string quartets for over fifteen years now. We experience time and again how Beethoven explored and then overcame the limits of the Classical style and the instrumental difficulties that were prevalent at the start of the nineteenth century. What we hear has been enriched by the passing of two centuries and the gaining of wider experience. Progress indeed, might be your first thought, but perhaps we have also lost something along the way? The ability to feel how groundbreaking and visionary this music was in those days. My colleagues and I feel that using instruments that are comparable to those of the time has helped us enormously in getting somewhat closer to the surprise, the bewilderment and the rapture that the musicians in Schuppanzigh's quartet must have felt when they first came face to face with the newest and most innovative chamber music of the day.

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'daring interpretations of Beethoven's six 'early' quartets. [x85] No. 2 is especially lovely for its lightness of touch and rhythmic point.' x96 Gramophone

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'these [are] marvellously communicative performances. The continuation of the Narratio's cycle can be awaited with the keenest anticipation.' x96 Early Music Review

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'there is much to enjoy in the quartet's poised and stylish playing, which acquires real passion at the amazing climax of the second movement of No. 1 in F' x96 BBC Music Magazine ****

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 3 in D major - I. Allegro

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 2 in G major - I. Allegro

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 4 in C minor - I. Allegro ma non tanto

II. Andante con moto

II. Adagio cantabile-Allegro-Tempo I

II. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto

III. Allegro

III. Scherzo Allegro, Trio

III. Menuetto Allegro, Trio

IV. Presto

IV. Allegro molto, quasi Presto

IV. Allegretto-Prestissimo

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1 in F major - I. Allegro con brio

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 5 in A major - I. Allegro

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 6 in B-flat major - I. Allegro con brio

II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato

II. Menuetto, Trio

II. Adagio ma non troppo

III. Scherzo Allegro molto, Trio

III. Andante cantabile [con variazioni]

III. Scherzo Allegro,Trio

IV. Allegro

IV. Allegro

IV. La Malinconia, Questo pezzo si deve trattare colla piu gran delicatezza Adagio-Allegretto quasi Allegro

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String Quartet Op. 18, No. 3 in D major - I. Allegro

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 2 in G major - I. Allegro

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 4 in C minor - I. Allegro ma non tanto

II. Andante con moto

II. Adagio cantabile-Allegro-Tempo I

II. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto

III. Allegro

III. Scherzo Allegro, Trio

III. Menuetto Allegro, Trio

IV. Presto

IV. Allegro molto, quasi Presto

IV. Allegretto-Prestissimo

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1 in F major - I. Allegro con brio

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 5 in A major - I. Allegro

String Quartet Op. 18, No. 6 in B-flat major - I. Allegro con brio

II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato

II. Menuetto, Trio

II. Adagio ma non troppo

III. Scherzo Allegro molto, Trio

III. Andante cantabile [con variazioni]

III. Scherzo Allegro,Trio

IV. Allegro

IV. Allegro

IV. La Malinconia, Questo pezzo si deve trattare colla piu gran delicatezza Adagio-Allegretto quasi Allegro

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