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The Late Quartets

Ludwig van Beethoven

The Late Quartets

Calidore String Quartet

Label: Signum Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0635212073322

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Catalog number: SIGCD 733
Releasedate: 03-03-23

- new release in a series of complete Beethoven String Quartets, from a leading American Quartet.

“[Their Beethoven performance’s] were shockingly deep. I’ve never heard a quartet so young get so inside this ultimately inscrutable music”

LA Times

The Calidore Quartet return to Signum Classics for the first instalment of their Beethoven Cycle: a 3-volume set of The Late Quartets. Their interpretation is informed by their diverse set of mentors which include Alban Berg, Emerson, Guarneri and yet still uniquely representing the sentiments, aesthetics and research of their generation. Their interpretations of Beethoven are already critically acclaimed with future performances planned at prestigious venues to be announced.

String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127

String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat major, Op. 130

I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro

String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127

II Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile

String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat major, Op. 130

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

II. Allegro ma non tanto

String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127

III. Scherzando vivace

String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat major, Op. 130

III. Andante con moto ma non troppo. Poco scherzando

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

III. Molto adagio

String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127

IV. Finale. Allegro

String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat major, Op. 130

IV. Alla danza tedesca (Allegro assai)

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131

I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat major, Op. 130

V. Cavatina (Adagio molto espressivo)

String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

V. Allegro appassionato

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131

II. Allegro molto vivace

Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133

String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131

III. Allegro moderato

String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat major, Op. 130

VI. Finale. Allegro

String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131

IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile

String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135

III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131

String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135

IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131

VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante

String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131