Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 2: The Middle Quartets
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Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 2: The Middle Quartets
Calidore String Quartet
[ Signum / 3 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Friday 13 September 2024
The second in their award-winning series, the Calidore Quartet return with a three-disc album of the Middle Quartets. Their Beethoven performances have been described as "shockingly deep" by LA Times. The first album of Late Quartets won the Chamber Music Award at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024. Their interpretation is informed by their diverse set of mentors, which includes Alban Berg, Emerson and Guarneri and yet still uniquely represents the sentiments, aesthetics and research of their generation. Their interpretations of Beethoven are already critically acclaimed with performances at the Lincoln Centre planned as part of their residency.
"the Calidore Quartet are well up to all the challenges...Their account of the opening Allegro in the first' Razumovsky is both exhilaratingly assertive and also careful to maintain the clean lines of its architecture." BBC Music
"What cannot be denied is the sophistication and sheer polish - in tuning, rhythm and ensemble - of the Calidore's Beethoven...Beethoven-playing of rare vividness and technical aplomb."
Gramophone Magazine October 2024 Recording of the Month
Tracks:
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 'Rasumovsky No. 1'
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Rasumovsky No. 2'
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3'
String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp'
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'
