String Quartets,Volume 3 (Includes Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 in B flat major)
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BEETHOVEN
String Quartets,Volume 3 (Includes Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 in B flat major)
Borodin String Quartet
[ Chandos Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 6 December 2004
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Beethoven's quartets contain some of the greatest, most enigmatic music ever written. They have been subjected to the closest scrutiny by the world's leading musicologists in an effort to ascertain exactly what the composer's intentions were when he wrote this music, and to capture its essence. There are, of course, many fine recordings of the quartets, but the Borodins' cycle is rather special.
Established in 1945, the Quartet has sixty years' experience of music-making at the highest level (one of its founding members, cellist Valentin Berlinsky, is still part of the Quartet). Their many years together enable them to play with a seemingly telepathic empathy, making the Borodin Quartet's interpretations of these string quartets a
unique experience.
Third in the acclaimed series of Beethoven String Quartets.
The Borodin Quartet continues to celebrate its sixtieth anniversary season in February 2005 with performances of Beethoven's quartets at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw.
REVIEWS:
'This redoubtable Russian group plays with all the powerful, focused tone you'd expect and brings out the entire wealth of Beethoven's colour in these fiery performances.'
Classic FM Magazine on Volume 2
"Valentin Berlinsky, cellist and founding member of the quartet in 1945, has been waiting to make this set his whole career, and calls it 'the great dream of my life: to play all Beethoven's quartets from first to last'. A worthwhile dream. Each of the volumes in the set thus far have been invested with palpable love… the playing here is uniformly committed - and a joy." (American Record Guide)
Tracks:
String Quartet, Op. 95 'Quartett serioso' in F minor
String Quartet, Op. 131 in C sharp minor
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 in B flat major
