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Beethoven: Late String Quartets by Cypress String Quartet (CD, 2012)
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Record LabelCD Baby, Cdb
UPC0666449766121
eBay Product ID (ePID)12046063122
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2012
GenreClassical
ArtistCypress String Quartet
Release TitleBeethoven: Late String Quartets
Dimensions
Item Height0.73 in
Item Weight0.34 lb
Item Length5.80 in
Item Width4.90 in
Additional Product Features
Number of Tracks27
Number of Discs1
TracksString Quartet in E-Flat Major Opus 127: I. Maestoso-Allegro - Cypress String Quartet, String Quartet in E-Flat Major Opus 127: II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo E Molto Cantabile - Cypress String Quartet, String Quartet in E-Flat Major Opus 127: III. Scherzando Vivace - Cypress String Quartet, String Quartet in E-Flat Major Opus 127: IV. Allegro - Cypress String Quartet, String Quartet in A minor Opus 132: I. Assai Sostenuto-Allegro - Cypress String Quartet, String Quartet in A minor Opus 132: II. Allegro Ma Non Tanto - Cypress String Quartet, String Quartet in A minor Opus 132: III. Molto Adagio-Andante - Cypress String Quartet, String Quartet in A minor Opus 132: IV. Alla Marcia Assai Vivace - Cypress String Quartet, String Quartet in A minor Opus 132: V. Allegro Appassionato-Presto - Cypress String Quartet, String Quartet in B-Flat Major Opus 130: I. Adagio Ma Non Troppo-Allegro, String Quartet in B-Flat Major Opus 130: II. Presto, String Quartet in B-Flat Major Opus 130: III. Poco Scherzoso: Andante Con Moto Ma Non Troppo, String Quartet in B-Flat Major Opus 130: IV. Alla Danza Tedesca: Allegro Assai, String Quartet in B-Flat Major Opus 130: V. Cavatina: Adagio Molto Espressivo, String Quartet in B-Flat Major Opus 130: Original Finale (1825): Grosse Fuge: Overtura-Fuga, String Quartet in B-Flat Major Opus 130: VI. Alternate Finale (1826): Finale: Allegro, String Quartet in C-Sharp minor Opus 131: I. Adagio Ma Non Troppo E Molto Espressivo, String Quartet in C-Sharp minor Opus 131: II. Allegro Molto Vivace, String Quartet in C-Sharp minor Opus 131: III. Allegro Moderato, String Quartet in C-Sharp minor Opus 131: VI. Andante Ma Non Troppo E Molto Cantabile, String Quartet in C-Sharp minor Opus 131: V. Presto, String Quartet in C-Sharp minor Opus 131: VI. Adagio Quasi Un Poco Andante, String Quartet in C-Sharp minor Opus 131: VII. Allegro, String Quartet in F Major Opus 135: I. Allegretto, String Quartet in F Major Opus 135: II. Vivace, String Quartet in F Major Opus 135: III. Lento Assai Cantante E Tranquillo, String Quartet in F Major Opus 135: IV. Grave Ma Non Troppo Tratto-Allegro
NotesLucid Culture: Late Beethoven Done His Way by the Cypress String Quartet Source: Lucid Culture April 24, 2012 There's a school of thought that considers the string quartet repertoire to be the world's most exciting music - an opinion advanced mostly by people who play those works. The Cypress String Quartet's new triple-disc set of late Beethoven string quartets (Op. 127, 130,131, 132, 133 and 135) is an album for people who share that point of view. It's less radical an interpretation than it might seem: in fact, it's about as retro as possible, simply a dedication to following Beethoven's dynamics to the letter. It may be the most Beethovenesque of all the recordings out there: the old grump, if he could have heard this, no doubt would have approved. Partial, and very noteworthy, credit goes to the Quartet's Cecily Ward, who produced the album: all the close-miking and attention to minute detail pays off with a brightly bristling, intense intimacy enhanced even further via headphones. While you will find yourself having to adjust the volume periodically, that's the way Beethoven undoubtedly would have intended it. But ultimately it's the playing even more than the production here that steals the show, a powerful, dynamically charged performance that refuses to back away from storminess while also embracing the quietest passages with a gentle rapturousness that adds just as much power and insight. You could spend the better part of a week downloading every recording of these works available on the web, but ultimately this collection might be the more cost-effective choice. Suffice it to say that Beethoven's late quartets are arguably the high point of a career spent pushing the envelope, a feat even more noteworthy considering that he was in ill health and could increasingly hear only less and less of what he was writing. Violinists Ward and Tom Stone, violist Ethan Filner and cellist Jennifer Kloetzel celebrate the unexpected throughout these works: the attention to detail is astounding. Unexpected passages leap out at you and are every bit as interesting as the main themes, sometimes more so. For example, in Op. 127, the second movement becomes much more of a nocturne than a courtly waltz; and then the ensemble gives it a suspenseful bounce. Suspense is the key to so much here: the sudden swells and pervasive unease in the following movement; the briskly wintry foreshadowing of the first movement of Op. 132; the emphatic oomph that springs out of it's waltzing third movement; Kloetzel's cello as omnipresent reality check beneath the hypnotic dreaminess of the fourth movement of Op. 131; the spacious pacing of brooding swells within the comfortable crepulscule atmospherics of Op. 135's second movement; and the absolutely macabre, insistent tritones of that work's final movement, the Quartet allowing the frantic horror to linger even as the passage recedes into Haydnesque pleasantry. It would take a small book to list all the highlights. For a more in-depth look at disc two, here's a review of that one (with Op. 130 and both it's "final" ending and the famous Grosse Fugue that Stravinsky reputedly picked as his alltime favorite composition), previously issued as a stand-alone disc toward the end of 2010. Conceivably, at low volume, this might make suitable background music, although at too low a volume, considering the dynamics, the music fades in and out. But this wasn't created as background music: this recording is for anyone who would prefer to revel in the power and vast emotional scope of these immortal works. --- Midwest Record: Beethoven-The Late String Quartets (Review) Source: Midwest Record March 17, 2012 CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor & Publisher CYPRESS STRING QUARTET/Beethoven-The Late String Quartets: Like John Daly used to say when he hosted 'What's My Line?', 'panel, I'm jut going to throw all the cards over'. What is there to say when a bunch of committed pros deliver the goods on some serious works that ne
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- 23 Sep, 2015
Excellent Performance and Recording Quality.
This is a great collection of the Beethoven Late String Quartets, beautifully performed and expertly recorded to capture all of the warmth and emotion. The "brassy" sounding recordings of the early Digital Classical era have finally melted into a more comfortable, "Vinyl" sound, and the efforts of these gifted performers are in no way diminished by the digital format. An absolute bargain at twice the price.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
