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Beethoven: The Middle String Quartets

Cypress String Quartet

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: AV2318

Release Date:  10 November 2014

Label:  Avie

Packaging Type:  Box Set

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  822252231823

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    Following three acclaimed releases for AVIE surveying works by Dvorák, Schubert and contemporary Americans, The San Francisco-based Cypress String Quartet turns to the seminal string quartets of Beethoven, performing the five quartets from the composer's middle period.

    Formed in 1996, the Cypresses added Beethoven to their repertoire early on. Their signature sound, which is clear and transparent, built up from the bottom register and layered like a pyramid, lends itself beautifully to the Middle String Quartets - the three "Rasumovskys," the "Harp," and the "Serioso".

    Personnel: Cecily Ward, Tom Stone (violin), Ethan Filner (viola), Jennifer Kloetzel (cello)

    Critical acclaim for the Cypress String Quartet:

    "A tender, deeply expressive interpretation." - The New York Times (on Schubert's String Quintet)

    "Arresting clarity of sound...this young quartet is among the most impressive I have heard...[combining] the utmost scrupulousness and seriousness with a sense of discovery. - Stereophile

    "Intensity that will melt your heart." - Fanfare

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59, No. 1 Rasumovsky, I. Allegro
      • 2. II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
      • 3. III. Adagio molto e mesto
      • 4. IV. Allegro (Thème russe)

      Disc 2

      • 1. String Quartet No. 8, Op. 59, No. 2 Rasumovsky, I. Allegro
      • 2. II. Molto Adagio
      • 3. III. Allegretto
      • 4. IV. Finale. Presto
      • 5. String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59, No. 3 Rasumovsky, I. Introduzione. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
      • 6. II. Andante con moto, quasi Allegretto
      • 7. III. Menuetto grazioso - Trio
      • 8. IV. Allegro molto

      Disc 3

      • 1. String Quartet No. 10, Op. 74 Harp, I. Poco Adagio - Allegro
      • 2. II. Adagio ma non troppo
      • 3. III. Presto - Piu presto quasi prestissimo
      • 4. IV. Allegro con variazioni
      • 5. String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 Serioso, I. Allegro con brio
      • 6. II. Allegretto ma non troppo
      • 7. III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
      • 8. IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro