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(2CD)貝多芬: 弦樂四重奏第一集 第1,6,11,12號
多利克弦樂四重奏

The Doric String Quartet is firmly established as one of the leading quartets of its generation, receiving enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics around the globe. Celebrating their 25th anniversary, the Quartet here embarks on a significant new recording project – the complete string quartets by Beethoven. This first volume combines works from Beethoven's early, middle, and late period. The six quartets Op. 18 were the first he composed, in 1799 and 1800, encouraged by Prince Franz Joseph Maximilian von Lobkowitz, a significant patron of the arts. Once he had completed the set, Beethoven heavily revised the first three quartets, writing to a friend: 'I have changed it considerably; for I have only now learned to write quartets correctly, as you will see when you receive them.' Andrey Kirillovich Razumovsky was the Russian ambassador to the Vieneese court, and the dedicatee of the three quartets Op. 59. The last of the middle-period quartets, Op. 95 (Serioso) was dedicated to Beethoven's close friend and accomplished cellist Nikolaus Zmeskall and is regarded as showing a glimpse of what would come: Beethoven's late quartets. Extremely complex and largely misunderstood by musicians and audiences in Beethoven's day, these quartets are now widely considered to be among the greatest musical compositions of all time, and have inspired many later composers. Op. 127, featured in this volume, is the first of these monumental works.

CD1
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Complete String Quartets, Volume 1
String Quartet, Op.18 No.1 27:15
in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
A Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Regnant de Lobkowitz etc. etc.
1.IAllegro con brio9:17

2.IIAdagio affettuoso ed appassionato8:30

3.IIIScherzo. Allegro molto - Trio - Scherzo da capo3:02

4.IVAllegro6:25
String Quartet, Op.18 No.6 28:42
in B flat major • in B-Dur • en si bemol majeur
A Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Regnant de Lobkowitz etc. etc.
5.IAllegro con brio8:54

6.IIAdagio ma non troppo8:07

7.IIIScherzo. Allegro - Trio - Scherzo da capo3:26

8.IVLa Malinconia. Questo pezzo si deve trattare colla piu gran delicatezza.8:13
Adagio - Allegretto quasi Allegro -
String Quartet Op.95 ''''Serioso 21:01
in F minor • in f-Moll • en fa mineur
Nik. Zmeskall von Domanovetz gewidmet

9.IAllegro con brio4:27

10.IIAllegretto ma non troppo -7:06

11.IIIAllegro assai vivace ma serioso - Piu Allegro4:32

12.IVLarghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro4:54

Total time: 76:53

CD2
String Quartet, Op.59 No.1 39:58
in F major • in F-Dur • en fa majeur
A Son Excellence Monsieur le Comte de Rasoumoffsky
Conseiller prive actuel de
Sa Majeste l''''Empereur de toutes les Russies etc. etc.
1.IAllegro10:17

2.IIAllegretto vivace e sempre scherzando9:00

3.IIIAdagio molto e mesto - Molto cantabile -12:55

4.IVTheme russe. Allegro - Adagio ma non troppo - Presto7:45

String Quartet, Op.127 40:38
in E flat major • in Es-Dur • en mi bemol majeur
A Son Altesse Monseigneur le Prince Nicolas de Galitzin,
Lieutenant Colonel de la Garde de Sa Majeste Imperiale de toutes les Russies
5.IMaestoso - Allegro - Maestoso - Allegro - Maestoso - Allegro7:34

6.IIAdagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Andante con moto -17:08
Adagio molto espressive - Tempo I

7.IIIScherzo. Vivace - Allegro - Tempo I - Allegro - Tempo I -8:45
Presto - Tempo I - Allegro - Tempo I - Allegro - Tempo I -

8.IVFinale. Allegro - Allegro comodo7:09

Total time: 80:33
Alex Redington violin
Ying Xue violin
Helene Clement viola
John Myerscough cello
14 and 15 December 2021 (Op.18 No.1), 15 and 16 December 2021 (Op.59 No.1)
1 February 2023 (Op.95), 2 and 3 February 2023 (Op.127) &
6 and 7 June 2023 (Op.18 No.6)