Lener Quartet Play Beethoven Op.131 & Op.132 Lener Quartet

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131:
• 1 Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo 08:36
• 2 Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131: II. Allegro molto vivace 03:08
• 3 Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131: III. Allegro molto - Adagio 00:39
• 4 Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131,:IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Più mosso - Andante moderato e lusinghiero - Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice - Allegretto 14:07
• 5 Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131: V. Presto 05:45
• 6 Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante 02:04
• 7 Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor, Op.131: VII. Allegro 06:22
• String Quartet No.15 in A minor, op.132:
• 8 Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, op.132: I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro 08:20
• 9 Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, op.132: II. Allegro ma non tanto 08:10
• 10 Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, op.132: III. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der Lydischen Tonart: Molto adagio - Andante 17:30
• 11 Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, op.132: IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace 02:04
• 12 Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 in A minor, op.132: V. Allegro appassionato 06:32
• Total Runtime 01:23:17

Info for Lener Quartet Play Beethoven Op.131 & Op.132

"The Léner Quartet was the first ensemble to record all of Beethoven’s 16 string quartets. Hailing from Budapest, Hungary, three of the members had been pupils of the famed Jenő Hubay the Léner Quartet was perhaps the pre-eminent string quartet of the 1920s. After their successful UK debut in 1922, British Columbia signed the quartet. Besides the Beethoven cycle, they recorded much Haydn and Mozart, as well as the complete Brahms quartets.

The two late Beethoven quartets included on this album are the acoustical version made in 1924. Although they were supplanted in the catalogue by electrically recorded versions made a decade later, most connoisseurs of chamber music regard these earlier recordings as superior. Furthermore, their rendition of Beethoven’s A-minor Quartet has an important literary reference, where it becomes a central image in the final chapter of Aldous Huxley’s 1928 novel Point Counter Point. The moving description of the Heilige Dankgesang and its effect on the main character Spandrell in the last minutes of his life is a tribute to the intensity of the performance."

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