Cuarteto Casals Beethoven: Complete String Quartets 1 CD

Launching it's complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets, the Cuarteto Casals presents this first installment featuring initial examples of the genre from each of the three key periods in the composer's career: his formative years, the socalled 'heroic' middle period, and that of his artisticmaturity. The ingenious juxstaposition shows how much his superhuman quest for perfection enriched a compositional language of breathtaking originality in tandem with a depth of expression without precedent in this genre, of which Beethoven is the uncontested master.

1. I. Allegro Con Brio 2. II. Adagio Affettuoso Ed Appassionato 3. III. Scherzo. Allegro Molto 4. IV. Allegro 5. I. Allegro 6. II. Andante Con Moto 7. III. Allegro 8. IV. Presto 9. I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto 10. II. Scherzo. Andante Scherzoso Quasi Allegretto 11. III. Menuetto. Allegretto 12. IV. Allegro 13. I. Allegro Moderato 14. II. Allegretto 15. III. Allegro 16. I. Allegro 17. II. Allegretto Vivace E Sempre Scherzando 18. III. Adagio Molto E Mesto 19. IV. Th?me Russe. Allegro 20. I. Maestoso. Allegro 21. II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo E Molto Cantabile 22. III. Scherzo Vivace. Trio 23. IV. Finale. Allegro 24. I. Allegretto 25. II. Vivace 26. III. Lento Assai, Cantante E Tranquillo 27. IV. Grave, Ma Non Troppo Tratto - Allegro