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Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet | 
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| Artists: Ludwig Van Beethoven, Alban Berg Quartet, Gerhard Schulz, Hatto Beyerle, Thomas Kakuska, Valentin Erben Guenther Pichler
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $46.98
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 7986
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.1 x 0.9
MPN: 73606
UPC: 724357360623
EAN: 0724357360623
ASIN: B000026D4J
Release Date: November 16, 1999
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | I. Allegro con brio | | • | II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato | | • | III. Scherzo (Allegro molto) & Trio | | • | IV. Allegro | | • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando | | • | III. Adagio molto e mesto / IV. Allegro (Theme russe) |
Disc 2
| • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Adagio cantabile | | • | III. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio | | • | IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto | | • | I. Allegro con brio | | • | II. Adagio, ma non troppo | | • | III. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio | | • | IV. Adagio (La Malinconia) - Allegretto quasi Allegro | | • | I. Allegretto | | • | II. Vivace | | • | III. Lento assai, cantate e tranquillo | | • | IV. Grave, ma non troppo tratto - Allegro |
Disc 3
| • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Andante con moto | | • | III. Allegro | | • | IV. Presto | | • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Menuetto & Trio | | • | III. Andante cantabile | | • | IV. Allegro | | • | I. Allegro con brio | | • | II. Allegretto ma non troppo / III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso | | • | IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro |
Disc 4
| • | I. Allegro ma non tanto | | • | II. Scherzo (Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto) | | • | III. Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio | | • | IV. Allegro | | • | I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro | | • | II. Presto | | • | III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo | | • | IV. Ala danza tedesca (Allegro assai) | | • | V. Cavatina (Adagio molto espressivo) | | • | VI. Finale |
Disc 5
| • | I. Allegro | | • | II. Molto Adagio | | • | III. Allegretto | | • | IV. Finale (Presto) | | • | I. Maestoso - Allegro | | • | II. Adagio ma non troppo, molto cantabile | | • | III. Scherzando vivace | | • | IV. Finale |
Disc 6
| • | I. Introduzione (Andante con moto) - Allegro vivace | | • | II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto | | • | III. Menuetto (Grazioso) & Trio / IV. Allegro molto | | • | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: I: Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo | | • | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: II: Allegro molto vivace | | • | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: III: Allegro moderato | | • | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: IV: Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile | | • | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: V: Presto | | • | Op. 131 In C Sharp Minor: VI: Adagio quasi un poco andante | | • | VII. Allegro |
Disc 7
| • | I. Poco adagio - Allegro | | • | II. Adagio ma non troppo | | • | III. Presto / IV. Allegretto con Variazioni | | • | I. Allegro sostenuto - Allegro | | • | II. Allegro ma non tanto | | • | III. Molto adagio | | • | IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace | | • | V. Allegro appassionato |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Beethoven's SQs are in a Class of their Own...... October 17, 2008
Chris J. Vershaw (Illinois)
Well let me tell you, Beethoven was a ground breaking composer in just about every category he composed in and his SQs are NO Exception. B amazes me with his twists and turns. B was a moody individual and his SQs reflect his personality. Everything here is exceptional. He pushes the limits and then pulls back the reigns and provides you with a heart wrenching slow mvt which melts you. There is something for everyone, he includes a full range of emotions.
The Op. 18 SQs are his starting point with an exclamation point. They are 4 mvt. Haydn style SQs, but seem to take you to a place where no one else was going. They are preludes to his Mid to Late SQs. In a way, I wish he would have written a few more of these sets before moving on, because they are exceptional.
From what I have read about B, he tirelessly researched his predecessors and found a new inventive prospective which they had not conceived. For instance, the Mid-SQs, Op. 59, 74, 95 move in an uncharted direction which no other composer was following at the time. The final mvt.s are mvt.s within mvt.s. Slow and fast passages all in the last movt. while keeping their listener appeal; only Beethoven can do this.
As for his late SQs, he seems to reach to the future and beyond. Think of all of those modern musicians who reached to the future or were or are ahead of their time. Well, B did that two centuries ahead of them. The late SQs are celebral leaps which serve as models to composers after him.
As for the recording and performance, the ABQ have made B's SQs their OWN!!! THERE IS NOTHING BETTER.
 They play very well August 25, 2008
Dall (Rio)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
They play well, a very clean interpretation. I think they may be a starting point to Beethoven Quartets.It is possible to hear every instrument at all times and it is fine to know each part. But I like several other quartets in Beethoven.
Great Sound and early quartets August 24, 2008
Lee A. Steels (Ontario)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Berg Beethoven is big and juicy and this suits the early quartets. Their sound and the recorded sound are certainly the best you will hear. The later quartets miss the introspection of some of the other great string quartets.
A great bargain and tops in sound!!!
 Good but not great April 28, 2008
Jack (State College, PA)
0 out of 8 found this review helpful
I guess I'm just used to Haydn and Mozart, because these string quartets were just too dissonant and untraditional for me - one who loves the Beethoven symphonies. To each his own, as they say. The recording itself is terrific - great engineering.
VERY HIGH QUALITY RENDITION April 21, 2008
C. Lawson (Australia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
All the performances on this set of the Beethoven String Quartets are of the highest quality. Particularly outstanding is the performance of Op 59 no 1
Intonation, expression, the ability of the players to meld together, and the dynamic range is all superb.
One small flaw (nothing to do with the playing)
In the very last track, the final movement of the B flat quartet (not the great fuge, but the movement Beethoven replaced it with), there is a continual flapping sound - I don't know where it came from, but it is very irritating, and I'm surprised that EMI let it through.
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