Beethoven: Complete Quartets Vol.III

1. String Quartet No. 7 in F major ("Rasumovsky 1") Op. 59/1
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
with Denis Brott , Andrew Dawes , Terence Helmer , Orford String Quartet , Kenneth Perkins

2. String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18/5
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
with Denis Brott , Andrew Dawes , Terence Helmer , Orford String Quartet , Kenneth Perkins

Beethoven: Complete Quartets Vol.III,Denis Brott,Ludwig van Beethoven,Orford String Quartet,Terence Helmer,Andrew Dawes,Kenneth Perkins,Delos Records,Chamber,Classical,Classical Composers,Classical Music,Quartet for Four String Instruments

Average customer rating: There's no reason to prefer the Orford over the others.

Beethoven: Complete Quartets Vol.III Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000006VT Release Date: 1992-12-11

Tracks:

1. String Quartet In F Major, Op.59, No.1 ('Razumovsky'): Allegro
2. String Quartet In F Major, Op.59, No.1 ('Razumovsky'): Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
3. String Quartet In F Major, Op.59, No.1 ('Razumovsky'): Adagio molto e mesto
4. String Quartet In F Major, Op.59, No.1 ('Razumovsky'): Theme russe. Allegro
5. String Quartet In A Major, Op.18, No.5: Allegro
6. String Quartet In A Major, Op.18, No.5: Menuetto
7. String Quartet In A Major, Op.18, No.5: Andante cantabile
8. String Quartet In A Major, Op.18, No.5: Allegro

Customer Reviews:

There's no reason to prefer the Orford over the others........2003-07-12

Let's get to the chase. All three Razumovsky quartets are supposed to bear some Russian flavor. Beethoven marked the 4th movement of the Razumovsky #1 'Allegro', which means quick and lively. The great man wanted to take his Russian theme (theme russe!) and stormed up a hill!! Listen to the Budapest quartet play it: the tempo quickens immediately after the first note, the pace getting faster by each succeeding note, building a crescendo, until the tention is spent and the Russian theme comes to a glorious conclusion. Regretably, the Orford quartet storms no hill; they walk up and down leisurely like a sunday stroll. Totalling up, it takes them 8 and a half minutes to complete this movement.

Please bear with some arithmetic. To play this same movement, the Budapest quartet takes 6:13 minutes, the Italiano takes 6:38, the Hungarian 7:33, and the Emerson 7:11. Other than to linger, I don't know why the Orford thought it appropriate to use 8:30!!

To sum up, the Orford is high-powered and has a good tone. But they exaggerate in expressiveness and dynamics. They tend to beautify Beethoven's music, and therein lies the problem.

Track Listings:

1. Beethoven: Complete Quartets Vol.IV
2. Beethoven: Complete Quartets Vol.VII
3. Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4,Op.58/Symphony No.5,Op.67
4. Beethoven: String Quartet Nos. 18 & 130
5. Beethoven: String Quartet,Op.59/String Quartet,Op.74
6. Beethoven: Symphonies 3 & 5 / Toscanini
7. Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8; Prometheus Overture
8. Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 "Pastorale"
9. Beethoven: The Complete Quartets, Vol.I
10. Benjamin Frankel: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 5; May Day Overture, Op. 22

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