Beethoven: String Quartets, Volume 6

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Multiple Set of 3 CDs

Beethoven: String Quartets, Volume 6

Running Time: 166:57

Release Date: February 2006
Originally recorded in 2004

Composer (1770-1827)
Ludwig van Beethoven

Chamber
Borodin Quartet (original)

Venue
Grand Hall of Moscow Conservatory

Venue
Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Moscow

Producer
Edward Shakhnazarian

Engineer
Vitaly Ivanov

Genre:
String Quartet
Chamber

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String Quartets, Volume 6

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

(1770-1827)

String Quartets, Volume 6

COMPACT DISC ONE

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 1

31:44

in F major - in F-Dur - en fa majeur

Allegro con brio

9:48

Adagio, affetuoso ed appassionato

12:02

III

Scherzo. Allegro molto

3:24

Allegro

6:31

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 2

24:01

in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur

Allegro

7:36

Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I

5:56

III

Scherzo. Allegro

4:43

Allegro molto, quasi presto

5:46

55:58

COMPACT DISC TWO

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 3

26:12

in D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur

Allegro

7:59

Andante con moto

8:02

III

Allegro

3:21

Presto

6:50

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4

24:41

in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur

Allegro ma non tanto

8:54

Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto

6:48

III

Menuetto. Allegretto

4:39

Allegro

4:20

51:06

COMPACT DISC THREE

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 5

32:14

in A major - in A-Dur - en la majeur

Allegro

10:04

Menuetto

5:53

III

Andante cantabile

9:13

Allegro

7:04

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 6

28:03

in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur

Allegro con brio

9:42

Adagio ma non troppo

6:47

III

Scherzo. Allegro

3:22

La Malinconia. Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro -

8:13

60:30

Chamber: Borodin Quartet (original)

Ruben Aharonian violin

Andrei Abramenkov violin

Igor Naidin viola

Valentin Berlinsky cello

August 2003 (Quartets Nos 1, 4 & 6)

November 2004 (Nos 2 & 5) and 2002-2003 (No. 3)

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This completes the Borodin Beethoven cycle – the previous five volumes consist of single CDs. It has proved to be a fascinating project, distinguished by fine, beautifully balanced tone, a sense of spontaneous expression and many musical insights.

Gramophone

These performances are consistently songful, and they flow very naturally – no exaggerations, no attempt at ‘gripping’ emotions, and no sludge-like adagios. They are almost all uniformly bright and chipper and a little on the fast side, though they could hardly be called rigid or unemotional – these are Russians, after all, even if they are Russians post-2000. But they refuse to be cowed by the name Beethoven, and they are never heavy or ‘serious’. They playing seems quite beautiful to me – certainly songful and uncomplicated.

American Record Guide

‘This redoubtable Russian group plays with all the powerful, focussed tone you’d expect and brings out the entire wealth of Beethoven’s colour in these fiery performances.’

Classic FM

This, the sixth and final instalment of the Borodin Quartet’s traversal of Beethoven’s string quartets, has, like its predecessors, much to recommend it. As before, the recording is technically state-of-the-art. It boasts a close perspective that creates a welcome presence and sense of intimacy while remaining free of harshness and the intrusive breathing that in some modern quartet recordings can sound like a fifth instrument. Similarly, the playing itself is technically accomplished: beautifully balanced, each instrument given its due and suitably weighted so that, even in chords, individual voices can be discerned. Impressive too, is the attention paid to Beethoven’s dynamic shadings and contrasts, fortes emerging with an eruptive assertiveness typical of the composer’s creative personality.

International Record Review

The Borodins probe with such clarity and necessary freshness that the young composer’s creative tussles are conjured up before our ears. Each note, cadence and dramatic digression is communicated with purpose, and the joyous finale of No. 6 tosses a vodka glass into the sonic fire. But the standout performance is undoubtedly No. 5. Here the four musicians ricochet Beethoven’s Mozartian roots against his tactile folksiness like they’re wired into the mains.

Classic FM Magazine

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String Quartets, Volume 6

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 1

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 2

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 3

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 5

String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 6

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