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Ludwig van Beethoven, Tokyo String Quartet
Ludwig Van Beethoven: Middle Quartets, Op. 59, 74, 95
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (4) - Disc #1
1. String Quartet No. 7 in F major ('Rasumovsky 1'), Op. 59/1: Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 7 in F major ('Rasumovsky 1'), Op. 59/1: Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
3. String Quartet No. 7 in F major ('Rasumovsky 1'), Op. 59/1: Adagio molto e mesto
4. String Quartet No. 7 in F major ('Rasumovsky 1'), Op. 59/1: Th?me russe: Allegro
Track Listings (8) - Disc #2
1. String Quartet No. 8 in E minor ('Rasumovsky 2'), Op. 59/2: Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 8 in E minor ('Rasumovsky 2'), Op. 59/2: Molto adagio
3. String Quartet No. 8 in E minor ('Rasumovsky 2'), Op. 59/2: Allegretto
4. String Quartet No. 8 in E minor ('Rasumovsky 2'), Op. 59/2: Finale: Presto
5. String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major ('Harp'), Op. 74: Poco adagio; Allegro
6. String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major ('Harp'), Op. 74: Adagio ma non troppo
7. String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major ('Harp'), Op. 74: Presto; Pi? presto quasi prestissimo
8. String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major ('Harp'), Op. 74: Allegretto con variazioni
Track Listings (8) - Disc #3
1. String Quartet No. 9 in C major ('Rasumovsky 3'), Op. 59/3: Introduzione: Andante con moto; Allegro vivace
2. String Quartet No. 9 in C major ('Rasumovsky 3'), Op. 59/3: Andante con moto quasi allegretto
3. String Quartet No. 9 in C major ('Rasumovsky 3'), Op. 59/3: Menuetto: Grazioso
4. String Quartet No. 9 in C major ('Rasumovsky 3'), Op. 59/3: Allegro molto
5. String Quartet No. 11 in F minor ('Serioso'), Op. 95: Allegro con brio
6. String Quartet No. 11 in F minor ('Serioso'), Op. 95: Allegretto ma non troppo
7. String Quartet No. 11 in F minor ('Serioso'), Op. 95: Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
8. String Quartet No. 11 in F minor ('Serioso'), Op. 95: Larghetto espressivo; Allegretto agitato

CD Details

All Artists: Ludwig van Beethoven, Tokyo String Quartet
Title: Ludwig Van Beethoven: Middle Quartets, Op. 59, 74, 95
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: RCA
Release Date: 4/5/1991
Genre: Classical
Style: Chamber Music
Number of Discs: 3
SwapaCD Credits: 3
UPC: 090266046225

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CD Reviews

Unnerving restraint

Musicus | Oslo, Norway | 02/07/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is perfection. The Tokyo quartet plays with very much sense of the architecture of the music. If you like your Beethoven played with restraint, refinement, sense of the interior drama of the music, this is it. The Tokyo quartet is never over-dramatizing, but let the music speak for itself.

Compared to the Takacs quartet, I think the Tokyos are generally more elegant and balanced on the middle quartets, their tempos generally not slower, and they never exaggerate. The Takacs is more exciting though.

If you plan to buy the opus 18 quartets, go for the Takacs quartet - more concentration and excitement.

For the late quartets, nothing compares to the religious readings of the Tokyo quartet."