Description
Beethoven - String Quartets Op. 18, No. 6 in B-flat Major; Op. 59, No. 1 in F Major "Razumovsky" - Cleveland Quartet / Telarc Audio CD 1993 / CD-80229
UPC 089408022920
Ludwig van Beethoven's Op. 18, published in 1801 by T. Mollo et Comp in Vienna in two books of three quartets each, comprised his first six string quartets. They were composed between 1798 and 1800 to fulfill a commission for Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz, who was the employer of Beethoven's friend, the violinist Karl Amenda. They are thought to demonstrate his total mastery of the classical string quartet as developed by Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The order of publication (numbering within the opus) does not correspond to the order of composition. Beethoven composed these quartets in the sequence 3, 1, 2, 5, 4, 6.
| Label: | Telarc – CD-80229 |
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| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | US |
| Released: |
1993 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Classical |
Tracklist:
| Quartet In B-flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6 | |||
| 1 | I. Allegro Con Brio | 5:39 | |
| 2 | II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo | 6:53 | |
| 3 | III. Scherzo: Allegro | 3:00 | |
| 4 | IV. La Malinconia: Adagio; Allegro Quasi Allegro | 8:06 | |
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Quartet In F Major, Op. 59, No. 1 "Razumovsky" |
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| 5 | I. Allegro | 10:19 | |
| 6 | II. Allegretto Vivace E Sempre Scherzando | 8:57 | |
| 7 | III. Adagio Molto E Mesto | 12:33 | |
| 8 | IV. Thème Russe: Allegro | 8:11 |
- Art Direction – Ray Kirschensteiner
- Cello – Paul Katz (2)
- Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven
- Design, Art Direction – Anilda Carrasquillo
- Engineer – Jack Renner
- Ensemble – The Cleveland Quartet
- Executive-Producer – Robert Woods (2)
- Liner Notes – Steven Ledbetter
- Photography By [Cover] – Andrew Russetti
- Producer, Edited By – Judith Sherman
- Supervised By [Production Supervisor] – Elaine Martone
- Technician [Assistance] – Henk Kooistra, Michael Bishop
- Viola – James Dunham
- Violin – Peter Salaff, William Preucil
