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貝多芬:弦樂四重奏全集
史麥塔納四重奏團
Recording locations: Domovina Studio, Prague, June 1978 (No. 3), May (No. 6), September 1982 (No. 13), December 1983 (No. 15); The National House Zizkov, Prague, April 1977 (No. 1), June 1976 (No. 2, No. 4), April 1974 (No. 5); Rudolfinum, Prague, May 1978 (No. 7), October 1979 (No. 8 – 10, No), June 1981 (No. 11), June 1985 (No. 16; No. 1, Hess 34)
The Smetana Quartet are a true legend. For over four decades (1945-1989), the ensemble gained critical acclaim and enthused audiences all over world, particularly in the UK, USA and Japan. They attained perfect chime and extraordinary flexibility in voice leading, resulting in part from their playing the entire repertoire by heart. The quartet performed Beethoven's works throughout their existence – following Smetana, he was the composer on whose music they focused the most and whose complete quartets were in their repertoire from 1974 onwards. They explored some of Beethoven's pieces for several years before including them in their concert programmes. In collaboration with a Supraphon team, in 1978 the ensemble embarked upon a colossal project, which in 1985 came to fruition with the release on Nippon Columbia of a recording of the complete Beethoven string quartets. Even though the past decade has seen significant changes pertaining to interpretation and technology, the Smetana Quartet's account of Beethoven's works is by no means a "museum exhibit", with their vivacity and dynamism still enthralling today's listeners. The recording, carefully digitally remastered from the original analogue tapes, is the very first release beyond
Japan. Lovers of perfect sound are afforded the opportunity to listen to it Hi-Res 24 bit/192 kHz.
Beethoven according to the legendary Smetana Quartet. The first worldwide release.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770–1827)
CD 1
String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18.1 (1799) 27:19
1. I. Allegro con brio 7:11
2. II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato 9:48
3. III. Scherzo. Allegro molto 3:24
4. IV. Allegro 6:40
(P) 1979 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18.2 (1799) 23:44
5. I. Allegro 7:23
6. II. Adagio cantabile – Allegro – Tempo I 5:45
7. III. Scherzo. Allegro 4:38
8. IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto 5:47
(P) 1979 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18.3 (1798.99) 20:45
9. I. Allegro 4:47
10. II. Andante con moto 7:17
11. III. Allegro 2:54
12. IV. Presto 5:35
(P) 1979 Nippon Columbia
CD 2
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18.4 (1799.1800) 24:52
1. I. Allegro ma non tanto 8:51
2. II. Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto 7:38
3. III. Menuetto. Allegretto 3:48
4. IV. Allegro 4:28
(P) 1979 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18.5 (1799) 24:11
5. I. Allegro 5:10
6. II. Menuetto 4:55
7. III. Andante cantabile 8:38
8. IV. Allegro 5:12
(P) 1979 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18.6 (1800) 24:12
9. I. Allegro con brio 5:56
10. II. Adagio, ma non troppo 6:55
11. III. Scherzo. Allegro 3:16
12. IV. La Malinconia. Adagio – Allegretto quasi allegro 7:52
(P) 1979 Nippon Columbia
CD 3
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59.1 "Razumovsky No. 1" (1806) 39:40
1. I. Allegro 10:27
2. II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando 8:37
3. III. Adagio molto e mesto 12:14
4. IV. Thème russe. Allegro 8:14
(P) 1981 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59.2 "Razumovsky No. 2" (1806) 32:06
5. I. Allegro 9:34
6. II. Molto adagio. Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento 10:39
7. III. Allegretto – Maggiore (Thème russe) 6:21
8. IV. Finale. Presto 5:18
(P) 1981 Nippon Columbia
CD 4
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59.3 "Razumovsky No. 3" (1806) 31:52
1. I. Introduzione. Andante con moto – Allegro vivace 10:44
2. II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto 9:35
3. III. Menuetto grazioso 5:00
4. IV. Allegro molto 6:20
(P) 1981 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 "Harp" (1809) 30:08
5. I. Poco Adagio – Allegro 9:31
6. II. Adagio ma non troppo 9:08
7. III. Presto – Più presto quasi prestissimo 4:58
8. IV. Allegretto con variazioni 6:19
(P) 1984 Nippon Columbia
CD 5
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso" (1810) 19:42
1. I. Allegro con brio 4:37
2. II. Allegretto ma non troppo 6:24
3. III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso 4:03
4. IV. Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato 4:30
(P) 1984 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130 (1825.26) 56:20
Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 (1826)
5. I. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro 12:32
6. II. Presto 1:59
7. III. Andante con moto ma non troppo 6:47
8. IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai 3:17
9. V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo 7:02
10. Grosse Fuge. Allegro 14:37
11. VI. Finale. Allegro 9:34
(P) 1985 Nippon Columbia
CD 6
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127 (1823.24) 36:11
1. I. Maestoso – Allegro 6:07
2. II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile 15:15
3. III. Scherzando vivace 8:26
4. IV. Finale 6:11
(P) 1984 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 (1826) 39:46
5. I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo 7:12
6. II. Allegro molto vivace 3:16
7. III. Allegro moderato – Adagio 0:52
8. IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile 14:01
9. V. Presto 6:11
10. VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante 1:32
11. VII. Allegro 6:35
(P) 1987 Nippon Columbia
CD 7
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 (1825) 42:43
1. I. Assai sostenuto – Allegro 9:15
2. II. Allegro ma non tanto 7:51
3. III. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenden an die Gottheit, in der Lydischen Tonart. Molto adagio – Andante 16:28
4. IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace – Più allegro 2:12
5. V. Allegro appassionato – Presto 6:38
(P) 1986 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 (1826) 23:38
6. I. Allegretto 6:13
7. II. Vivace 3:43
8. III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo 6:33
9. IV. Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß. Grave, ma non troppo tratto 6:56
(P) 1985 Nippon Columbia
String Quartet in F major, Hess 34 (1801) 13:23
(arr. of Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1)
10. I. Allegro 6:27
11. II. Allegretto 3:01
12. III. Rondo. Allegro comodo 3:45
(P) 1987 Nippon Columbia |
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