Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer: Endellion String Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 2564694713
Release: 2008
Size: 2.68 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
03. III. Scherzo – Allegro molto
04. IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1 [Early Version]
05. I. Allegro con brio
06. II. Adagio molto
07. III. Scherzo – Allegro
08. IV. Allegretto
String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
09. I. Allegro
10. II. Adagio cantabile
11. III. Scherzo – Allegro
12. IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Andante con moto
15. III. Allegro
16. IV. Presto
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
17. I. Allegro, ma non tanto
18. II. Andante scherzoso, quasi Allegretto
19. III. Menuetto – Allegretto
20. IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5
21. I. Allegro
22. II. Menuetto
23. III. Andante cantabile
24. IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6
25. I. Allegro con brio
26. II. Adagio, ma non troppo
27. III. Scherzo – Allegro
28. IV. La Malinconia Adagio – Allegretto quasi Allegro
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 ‘Rasumovsky No. 1’
29. I. Allegro
30. II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
31. III. Adagio molto e mesto
32. IV. Thème russe – Allegro
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Rasumovsky No. 2’
33. I. Allegro
34 .II. Molto Adagio
35. III. Allegretto
36. IV. Finale – Presto
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Rasumovsky No. 3’
37. I. Andante con moto – Allegro vivace
38. II. Andante con moto quasi vivace
39. III. Menuetto – Grazioso
40. IV. Allegro molto
String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 ‘Harp’
41. I. Poco adagio – Allegro
42. II. Adagio, ma non troppo
43. III. Presto
44. IV. Allegretto con variazioni
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 ‘Serioso’
45. I. Allegro con brio
46. II. Allegretto, ma non troppo
47. III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
48. IV. Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
49. I. Maestoso – Allegro
50. II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
51. III. Scherzo (Vivace)
52. IV. Allegro – Allegro comodo
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
53. I. Adagio, ma non troppo – Allegro
54. II. Presto
55. III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
56 .IV. Alla danza tedesca – Allegro assai
57. V. Cavatina – Adagio molto espressivo
58. Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133
59. String Quartet No.13 in B flat major Op.130 : VI Finale – Allegro
String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
60. I. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo
61. II. Allegro molto vivace
62. III. Allegro moderato
63. IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
64. V. Presto
65. VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
66. VII. Allegro
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
67. I. Assai sostenuto – Allegro
68. II. Allegro, ma non tanto
69. III. Heiliger Dankgesang – Molto adagio
70. IV. Alla marcia
71. V. Allegro appassionato
String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
72. I. Allegretto
73. II. Vivace
74. III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
75. IV. Der schwer gefasste Entschluss – Grave, ma non troppo tanto – Allegro
76. String Quartet Fragment in B minor
Prelude & Fugue in C Major, Hess 31
77. I. Prelude
78. II. Fugue
Prelude & Fugue in F major H30
79. I. Prelude
80. II. Fugue
81. Minuet in A flat major H33
82. Unidentified, ‘Schluss” Fragment
String Quartet in F major, Op. 14, no.1 (after the Piano Sonata)
83. I. Allegro moderato
84. II. Allegretto
85. III. Allegro
String Quintet in E flat major, Op. 4
86. I. Allegro con brio
87. II. Andante
88. III. Minuet & Trio
89. IV. Finale – Presto
String Quintet in C major, Op. 29
90. I. Allegro moderato
91. II. Adagio molto espressivo
92. III. Scherzo & Trio
94. IV. Finale – Presto
95. Prelude for String Quintet in D minor H40 [Incomplete]
96. Fugue for Quintet in D major Op.137 Allegretto
The critically acclaimed ensemble, The Endellion String Quartet, celebrate their 30th anniversary with the release of a spectacular 10 CD Box Set of new recordings of Beethoven String Quartets and String Quintets, and all quartet and quintet fragments. The release also coincides with the 800th anniversary of Cambridge University, where they have been quartet in residence since 1992, and therefore form a key part in the quartet’s celebrations as musical ambassador.
The Endellion String Quartet formed in 1979, and is renowned as one of the finest quartets in the world.
Winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society Award for Best Chamber Ensemble, the quartet have an international touring schedule and have performed at every major venue and festival across the globe. They have worked with the likes of Sir Thomas Allen, Joshua Bell, Michael Collins, Steven Isserlis, Mitsuko Uchida and Tabea Zimmerman. Their presence in London has been marked by several series both at the South Bank and Wigmore Hall, where the quartet were Artistic Directors of several ‘Quartet Plus’ series.
All the music featured in the recording is from the new scholarly performing edition by well known Beethoven scholar, Jonathan del Mar, and published by Bärenreiter. These Beethoven symphony editions are already used by orchestras worldwide.
To mark the double anniversary celebrations, the quartet will be performing six concerts at West Road concert hall in Cambridge, four concerts at the Wigmore Hall in London throughout October, January, March and June, plus master classes and educational workshops worldwide. The Endellion String Quartet will also feature in the BBC film ‘Searching for Beethoven’ (Seventh Art Poductions) due for broadcast in January 2009, where a number of excerpts of the Beethoven recordings played by the Endellion String Quartet will be featured.