MIRO QUARTET Complete String Quartets

MIRO QUARTET Complete String Quartets 8CD 2019

The Miro Quartet, generally considered as one of the most established US classical ensembles, makes it's PENTATONE debut with a complete recording of the Beethoven string quartets. Beethoven's quartets truly stand at the centre of the repertoire and present the summit for any quartet. Listening to Beethoven's entire string quartet oeuvre - from the early op. 18 volume and Rasumovsky quartets to the otherworldly and modern-sounding pieces written during his final years - is a life-changing experience, and so is performing them integrally. This collection offers the results of 15 years of playing and recording Beethoven, and not only anticipates the 2020 commemoration of the composer's 250th birthday, but also the 25th anniversary of the Miro Quartet itself.

Disc 1 
1 Beethoven, Ludwig Van - Classical Composer
2 String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18, No. 1
3 1. I. Allegro Con Brio
4 2. II. Adagio Affettuoso Ed Appassionato
5 3. III. Scherzo: Allegro Molto
6 4. IV. Allegro
7 String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2
8 5. I. Allegro
9 6. II. Adagio Cantabile
10 7. III. Scherzo: Allegro
11 8. IV. Allegro Molto, Quasi Presto
12 String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18, No. 3
13 9. I. Allegro
14 10. II. Andante Con Moto
15 11. III. Allegro
16 12. IV. Presto

Disc 2 
1 String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
2 1. I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto
3 2. II. Scherzo: Andante Scherzoso Quasi Allegretto
4 3. III. Menuetto: Allegro - Trio
5 4. IV. Allegretto - Prestissimo
6 String Quartet No. 5 in a Major, Op. 18, No. 5
7 5. I. Allegro
8 6. II. Menuetto
9 7. III. Andante Cantabile - Poco Adagio
10 8. IV. Allegro
11 String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 18, No. 6
12 9. I. Allegro Con Brio
13 10. II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
14 11. III. Scherzo: Allegro
15 12. IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto Quasi Allegro

Disc 3 
1 String Quartet No. 7 in F Major, Op. 59, No. 1, "Rasumovsky"
2 1. I. Allegro
3 2. II. Allegretto Vivace E Sempre Scherzando
4 3. III. Adagio Molto E Mesto -
5 4. IV. Theme Russe: Allegro

Disc 4 
1 String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, "Rasumovsky"
2 1. I. Allegro
3 2. II. Molto Adagio
4 3. III. Allegretto
5 4. IV. Finale: Presto
6 String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3, "Rasumovsky"
7 5. I. Introduzione: Andante Con Moto - Allegro Vivace
8 6. II. Andante Con Moto Quasi Allegretto
9 7. III. Menuetto: Grazioso -
10 8. IV. Allegro Molto

Disc 5 
1 String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74, "Harp"
2 1. I. Poco Adagio - Allegro
3 2. II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
4 3. III. Presto
5 4. IV. Allegretto Con Variazioni
6 String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, "Serioso"
7 5. I. Allegro Con Brio
8 6. II. Allegretto Ma Non Troppo -
9 7. III. Allegro Assai Vivace, Ma Serioso
10 8. IV. Larghetto Espressivo - Allegretto Agitato - Allegro

Disc 6 
1 String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127
2 1. I. Maestoso - Allegro
3 2. II. Adagio, Ma Non Troppo E Molto Cantabile - Andante Con Moto -
4 3. III. Scherzando Vivace - Presto - Tempo I
5 4. IV. Finale
6 String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp minor, Op. 131
7 5. I. Adagio, Ma Non Troppo E Molto Espressivo -
8 6. II. Allegro Molto Vivace -
9 7. III. Allegro Moderato - Adagio -
10 8. IV. Andante, Ma Non Troppo E Molto Cantabile
11 9. V. Presto - Molto Poco Adagio -
12 10. VI. Adagio Quasi Un Poco Andante -
13 11. VII. Allegro

Disc 7 
1 String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130
2 1. I. Adagio Ma Non Troppo - Allegro
3 2. II. Presto
4 3. III. Andante Con Moto, Ma Non Troppo
5 4. IV. Alla Danza Tedesca: Allegro Assai
6 5. V. Cavatina: Adagio Molto Espressivo -
7 6. Grosse Fuge in B-Flat Major, Op. 133
8 String Quartet No. 13 in B-Flat Major, Op. 130
9 7. VI. Finale: Allegro

Disc 8 
1 String Quartet No. 15 in a Minor, Op. 132
2 1. I. Assai Sostenuto - Allegro
3 2. II. Allegro Ma Non Tanto
4 3. III. Heiliger Dankgesang Eines Genesenden An Die Gottheit, in Der Lydischen Tonart: Molto Adagio - Neue Kraft Fühlend: Andante - Molto Adagio
5 4. IV. Alla Marcia, Assai Vivace - Più Allegro -
6 5. V. Allegro Appassionato
7 String Quartet No. 16 in F Major, Op. 135
8 6. I. Allegretto
9 7. II. Vivace
10 8. III. Lento Assai, Cantante E Tranquillo

Release Date: 15 Nov 2019