Beethoven: Streichquartette, Op. 18 Amadeus Quartet

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): String Quartet No.1 In F, Op.18 No.1:
• 1 String Quartet No.1 In F, Op.18 No.1: 1. Allegro con brio 07:01
• 2 String Quartet No.1 In F, Op.18 No.1: 2. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato 08:34
• 3 String Quartet No.1 In F, Op.18 No.1: 3. Scherzo (Allegro molto) 03:10
• 4 String Quartet No.1 In F, Op.18 No.1: 4. Allegro 05:41
• String Quartet No.2 In G, Op.18 No.2:
• 5 String Quartet No.2 In G, Op.18 No.2: 1. Allegro 05:45
• 6 String Quartet No.2 In G, Op.18 No.2: 2. Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I 06:19
• 7 String Quartet No.2 In G, Op.18 No.2: 3. Scherzo (Allegro) 04:18
• 8 String Quartet No.2 In G, Op.18 No.2: 4. Allegro molto, quasi presto 05:38
• String Quartet In D, Op.18 No.3:
• 9 String Quartet In D, Op.18 No.3: 1. Allegro 05:43
• 10 String Quartet In D, Op.18 No.3: 2. Andante con moto 07:58
• 11 String Quartet In D, Op.18 No.3: 3. Allegro 03:03
• 12 String Quartet In D, Op.18 No.3: 4. Presto 04:51
• String Quartet In C Minor, Op.18 No.4:
• 13 String Quartet In C Minor, Op.18 No.4: 1. Allegro ma non tanto 06:36
• 14 String Quartet In C Minor, Op.18 No.4: 2. Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto 05:37
• 15 String Quartet In C Minor, Op.18 No.4: 3. Menuetto (Allegretto) 03:46
• 16 String Quartet In C Minor, Op.18 No.4: 4. Allegro 04:17
• String Quartet In A, Op.18 No.5:
• 17 String Quartet In A, Op.18 No.5: 1. Allegro 04:50
• 18 String Quartet In A, Op.18 No.5: 2. Menuetto 04:55
• 19 String Quartet In A, Op.18 No.5: 3. Andante cantabile 10:16
• 20 String Quartet In A, Op.18 No.5: 4. Allegro 04:53
• String Quartet In B Flat, Op.18 No.6:
• 21 String Quartet In B Flat, Op.18 No.6: 1. Allegro con brio 04:29
• 22 String Quartet In B Flat, Op.18 No.6: 2. Adagio ma non troppo 07:37
• 23 String Quartet In B Flat, Op.18 No.6: 3. Scherzo (Allegro) 03:24
• 24 String Quartet In B Flat, Op.18 No.6: 4. La Malinconia (Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro - Adagio - Allegretto - Poco adagio - Prestissimo) 08:37
• Total Runtime 02:17:18

Info for Beethoven: Streichquartette, Op. 18

Amadeus Quartet
English string quartet (1948–87), one of the most durable and highly regarded quartets of Europe. The quartet was formed in 1947, the result of an internment-camp meeting during World War II between three young Austrian Jewish refugees—Peter Schidlof, the group’s violist; Norbert Brainin, a violinist; and Siegmund Nissel, also a violinist. They were released from the camp with help from Dame Myra Hess and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Schidlof, who had been a violinist, began to study the viola. With the introduction in 1946 of Martin Lovett, a British cellist, to the group, the Brainin Quartet was formed.

The group gave its first performance as the Amadeus Quartet in London on Jan. 10, 1948. Touring extensively, the Amadeus performed throughout Europe, Canada, the United States, Japan, and South America. Noted for its smooth, sophisticated style, its seamless ensemble playing, and its sensitive interpretation, the quartet made some 200 recordings, among them the complete quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and W.A. Mozart. Though they emphasized a standard Classical and Romantic repertory, they also performed works by such 20th-century composers as Bela Bartók and Benjamin Britten (who wrote his third quartet expressly for them). The group disbanded upon the death of Schidlof in 1987.

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