Beethoven’s String Quartets are well known for their inventiveness. The mold of the string quartet form, established by Haydn, was shattered by Beethoven’s profound expression and expansion of the “rules.” Between 1999 and 2003, the renowned Pražák Quartet recorded all of the Beethoven string quartets, and this match of program and performers is one made in heaven.
The Pražák ensemble approaches each quartet with a Bohemian flair for passion and perfection that must be heard to be believed. The interpretations are paradoxically respectful and irreverent, as if the ensemble was channeling the composer’s desire to push the boundaries of the status quo while still remaining faithful to the spirit of what has been established. One of the many highlights of the set is the “Grosse Fuge Op.133” – written when the composer was completely deaf – which inspired Stravinsky to exclaim that the composition was “an absolutely contemporary piece of music that will be contemporary forever.”
Performer:
Pražák Quartet:
Václav Remeš, violin
Vlastilin Holek, violin
Josef Klusoň, viola
Michal Kaňka, cello
Track List:
CD1:
01-04. String Quartet No.4 in C minor, Op.18 No.4
05-08. String Quartet No.5 in A major, Op.18 No.5
09-12. String Quartet No.1 in F major, Op.18 No.1
CD2:
01-04. String Quartet No.3 in D major, Op.18 No.3
05-08. String Quartet No.2 in G major, Op.18 No.2
09-12. String Quartet No.6 in B flat major, Op.18 No.6
CD3:
01-04. String Quartet No.7 in F major, Op.59 No.1
05-08. String Quartet No.8 in E minor, Op.59 No.2
CD4:
01-04. String Quartet No.9 in C major, Op.59 No.3
05-08. String Quartet No.10 in E flat major, Op.74 ‘The Harp’
CD5:
01-04. String Quartet No.11 in F minor, Op.95 ‘Quartetto serioso’
05-09. String Quartet No.13 in B flat major, Op.130
10. Grosse Fuge, Op.133
11. String Quartet No.13 in B flat major, Op.130 – Finale: Allegro [alternative finale]
CD6:
01-04. String Quartet No.12 in E flat major, Op.127
05-11. String Quartet No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.131
CD7:
01-05. String Quartet No.15 in A minor, Op.132
06-09. String Quartet No.16 in F major, Op.135
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