Chiaroscuro Quartet - Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets, Op.18 Nos.4-6 (2021)
Chiaroscuro Quartet - Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets, Op.18 Nos.4-6 (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 363 Mb | Total time: 79:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-SACD-2498 | Recorded: 2019
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 363 Mb | Total time: 79:55 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BIS Records | # BIS-SACD-2498 | Recorded: 2019
The Chiaroscuro Quartet has embarked on a chronological, single-album cycle of Beethoven's quartets, and the group returns here with the second volume, offering the fourth, fifth, and sixth quartets from the composer's Op. 18 set of six. The group uses gut strings and early instruments (second violinist Pablo Hernán Benedí plays a 1570 Amati instrument) that impart a physicality fitting the quartet's expressive aims. The word "chiaroscuro" befits this quartet, which, even in Haydn quartets, offers high-contrast performances. The players don't ladle on the storm and stress, however, not even in the sole minor-key quartet of the group, the String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4, and the group's performances are lively. The Chiaroscuro leans toward the Beethovenian qualities in these works rather than emphasizing the Haydn and Mozart models. Consider a few movements of the String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5, as Mozartian as Beethoven ever got. But there, the Chiaroscuro applies rapid tempos and tense motivic work. In the final quartet, the group emphasizes Beethoven's breakouts from Classical forms, the Scherzo in place of the Minuet, and the highly emotional "La malinconia" introduction to the final movement. These are very strong historical instrument performances, and once again, BIS scores with clean but intense sound from the Bremen Radio broadcasting studio in Germany.–James Manheim
Performer:
Chiaroscuro Quartet:
Alina Ibragimova, violin
Pablo Hernán Benedí, violin
Emilie Hörnlund, viola
Claire Thirion, cello
Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
01. I. Allegro, ma non tanto
02. II. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
03. III. Menuetto. Allegretto
04. IV. Allegro - Prestissimo
String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Menuetto
07. III. Andante cantabile
08. IV. Allegro
String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6
09. I. Allegro con brio
10. II. Adagio ma non troppo
11. III. Scherzo. Allegro
12. IV. La malinconia. Adagio - Allegretto quasi Allegro
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Chiaroscuro Quartet - Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartets, Op.18 Nos.4-6 (2021)
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