After Inventions, Apotheosis is the third and last volume in a complete set of the Beethoven quartets that breaks new ground: it aims to regroup the works according to their position within the three broad creative divisions of the composer’s life – the formative years, the ‘heroic’ period and the ‘late’ period. This programme assembles the ‘late’ quartets in a new sense, in other words those works in which the stylistic innovations of each of these creative periods reach their full flowering.
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770-1827] String Quartet no.5, op.18 no.5 A major/La majeur/A-Dur · I. Allegro (9'22) · II. Menuetto - Trio (4'22) · III. Andante cantabile con variazioni (8'18) · IV. Allegro (6'29) String Quartet no.6, op.18 no.6 B flat major/Si bémol majeur/B-Dur · I. Allegro con brio (8'08) · II. Adagio ma non troppo (6'15) · III. Scherzo. Allegro. Trio (3'18) · IV. 'La Malinconia'. Adagio (3'04) · V. Allegretto quasi Allegro - Adagio - Allegretto (4'30)
String Quartet no.11 'Serioso', op.95 F minor/fa mineur/f-Moll · I. Allegro con brio (4'10) · II. Allegretto ma non troppo (6'39) · III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso - Trio (4'00) · IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato (4'16) String Quartet no.14, op.131 C sharp minor/ut dièse mineur/cis-Moll · I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo (6'45) · II. Allegro molto vivace (2'51) · III. Allegro moderato - Adagio (0'49) · IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile (12'20) · V. Presto (4'55) · VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante (1'48) · VII. Allegro (6'25)
String Quartet no.13, op.130 B flat major/Si bémol majeur/B-Dur · I. Adagio ma non troppo (13'01) · II. Presto (1'52) · III. Andante con moto ma non troppo (6'32) · IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai (3'01) · V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo (6'17) · 'Grosse Fuge', String Quartet, op.133 B flat major/Si bémol majeur/B-Dur Overtura. Allegro - Allegro - Fuga (15'48) · String Quartet no.13, op.130 B flat major/Si bémol majeur/B-Dur VI.Finale.Allegro (9'32)
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