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In almost every respect they offer extremely dynamic and incisive playing in excellent sound. One really senses the tangible feeling of excitement [in the introduction to 59/3]...There's much... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2010, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 8th Mar 2010
Catalogue No: 6071020
Label: Erato
Series: Beethoven/Artemis Quartet
Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3'

Work length31:29

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Artemis Quartet (string quartet)
Recorded: 1998-07-26
Recording Venue: 20-26 July 1998, WDR Funkhaus, Klaus von Bismark-Saal, Köln

I. Introduzione (Andante con moto) - Allegro vivace

Track length10:45

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II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto

Track length9:04

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III. Menuetto (Grazioso) & Trio

Track length5:28

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length6:12

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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

Work length44:02

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Artemis Quartet (string quartet)
Recorded: 1998-07-26
Recording Venue: 20-26 July 1998, WDR Funkhaus, Klaus von Bismark-Saal, Köln

I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro

Track length9:35

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II. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length9:13

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III. Molto adagio

Track length16:28

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IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace

Track length2:03

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V. Allegro appasionato

Track length6:43

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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2

Work length24:32

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Artemis Quartet (string quartet)
Recorded: 2002-07-04
Recording Venue: 10-12 June & 2-4 July 2002, Studio Stolbergerstraße, Köln

I. Allegro

Track length7:42

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II. Adagio cantabile

Track length6:25

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III. Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio

Track length5:08

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IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto

Track length5:17

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Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131

Work length38:01

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Artemis Quartet (string quartet)
Recorded: 2002-07-04
Recording Venue: 10-12 June & 2-4 July 2002, Studio Stolbergerstraße, Köln

I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

Track length7:42

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II. Allegro molto vivace

Track length2:48

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III. Andante moderato

Track length0:47

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IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile

Track length12:50

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V. Presto

Track length5:07

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VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante

Track length1:54

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VII. Allegro

Track length6:53

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Beethoven remains the ultimate test for a string quartet; with their ongoing complete cycle for Virgin Classics, the Artemis Quartet are rising to the challenge.

The Quartet’s debut release on the label in 2005 comprised Beethoven’s op 59/1 and op 95, followed by the second release in 2008 in the cycle bringing together op 59/2, the ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet, and the Quartet op 18/4 and which also introduced the ensemble’s latest members, Gregor Sigl (violin) and Friedemann Weigle (viola). The interpretations were warmly welcomed: in France, the release was named CHOC of the Year by Le Monde de la Musique and was also awarded a Diapason d’Or, while in Germany the recording was chosen as Chamber Music Recording of the Year in the the ECHO Klassik awards of the Deutsche Phono-Akademie. In the UK, the influential Sunday Times singled out the release, praising the “fresh, positive responses” of the Artemis Quartet: “ … their colours are vivid and they are alert to the music’s intent to push all sorts of boundaries to breaking point.”

In the UK, BBC Radio 3’s CD Review suggested that the recording (op 59/2 & 18/4) should go to the top of any list of recommendations, while the Daily Telegraph observed that the Artemis “keep romantic expressiveness, dramatic urgency and a classical sense of architecture in fine equilibrium.”

A concert performance of Beethoven’s op 18/4 in the USA in 2008 year prompted the following reaction from the New York Times: “The Artemis has always played with vigor, brilliance and sensitivity. More than that, its performances have had clarity of conception and unfussy directness. All these qualities were abundant on this occasion … Beethoven's Quartet in C minor (Op. 18, No. 4) came across in this incisive and full-bodied performance as the audacious work of a supremely confident young man, especially in a moody menuetto, thick with slinky chromatic lines and wayward harmonies.”

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June 2010

In almost every respect they offer extremely dynamic and incisive playing in excellent sound. One really senses the tangible feeling of excitement [in the introduction to 59/3]...There's much to admire, too, in their rendition of Op. 18 No. 2

Beethoven - String Quartets

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