Belcea Quartet – Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Alpha is reissuing the complete Beethoven quartets by the Belcea Quartet : ‘Beethoven’s music has been at the center of our life as a quartet from our very first rehearsal together back in 1994. However, it is more recently that we immersed ourselves totally in Beethoven in preparation for, and during the course of the immense project of performing and recording all of his string quartets in the season 2011/12. It is during this past year that Beethoven’s music became an all-consuming passion for each of us. These sixteen quartets written some two hundred years ago form one the most complete and powerful musical statements ever made. The completeness lies in their unprecedented intensity and in the astonishing development that can be traced between the early and the late works – a thirty-year long revolution which altered forever the way we experience music.’

Tracklist:
CD1
1. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio
2. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: II. Adagio, ma non troppo
3. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: III. Scherzo. Allegro
4. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: IV. La malinconia. Adagio
5. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: V. Allegretto quasi allegro
6. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso – Allegro
7. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
8. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
9. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: IV. Finale
CD2
1. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: I. Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile
3. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
4. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
5. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3: I. Andante con moto – Allegro vivace
6. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3: II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
7. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3: III. Menuetto & Trio
8. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3: IV. Allegro molto
CD3
1. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: I. Allegro con brio
2. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: II. Allegretto ma non troppo
3. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
4. String Quartet No. 11 in F Minor, Op. 95: IV. Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato – Allegro
5. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
6. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
7. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato
8. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
9. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto
10. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
11. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro
CD4
1. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio
2. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
3. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
4. String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: IV. Allegro
5. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: I. Allegro, ma non tanto
6. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: II. Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto
7. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
8. String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: IV. Allegro
CD5
1. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: I. Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: II. Andante con moto
3. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: III. Allegro
4. String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: IV. Presto
5. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: I. Allegro
6. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Menuetto – Trio
7. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: III. Andante cantabile
8. String Quartet No. 5 in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: IV. Allegro
9. Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 133
CD6
1. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 “Razumovsky”: I. Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 “Razumovsky”: II. Allegro vivace e sempre scherzando
3. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 “Razumovsky”: III. Adagio molto e mesto
4. String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59 No. 1 “Razumovsky”: IV. Thème russe. Allegro
5. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 “Razumovsky”: I. Allegro
6. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 “Razumovsky”: II. Molto adagio
7. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 “Razumovsky”: III. Allegretto
8. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 “Razumovsky”: IV. Finale. Presto
CD7
1. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”: I. Poco adagio – Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”: II. Adagio ma non troppo
3. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”: III. Presto
4. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74 “Harp”: IV. Allegretto con variazioni
5. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro
6. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: II. Presto
7. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
8. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca, allegro assai
9. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina, adagio molto espressivo
10. String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130: VI. Finale. Allegro
CD8
1. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: I. Allegro sostenuto – Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto
3. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: III. Molto adagio
4. String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132: IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace
5. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto
6. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: II. Vivace
7. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
8. String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135: IV. Grave, ma non troppo tratto – Allegro