Title: Beethoven: Complete String Quartets 1
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS

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.

Tracks:
1.1 I. Allegro Con Brio
1.2 II. Adagio Affettuoso Ed Appassionato
1.3 III. Scherzo. Allegro Molto
1.4 IV. Allegro
1.5 I. Allegro
1.6 II. Andante Con Moto
1.7 III. Allegro
1.8 IV. Presto
1.9 I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto
1.10 II. Scherzo. Andante Scherzoso Quasi Allegretto
1.11 III. Menuetto. Allegretto
1.12 IV. Allegro
2.1 I. Allegro Moderato
2.2 II. Allegretto
2.3 III. Allegro
2.4 I. Allegro
2.5 II. Allegretto Vivace E Sempre Scherzando
2.6 III. Adagio Molto E Mesto
2.7 IV. Thème Russe. Allegro
3.1 I. Maestoso. Allegro
3.2 II. Adagio Ma Non Troppo E Molto Cantabile
3.3 III. Scherzo Vivace. Trio
3.4 IV. Finale. Allegro
3.5 I. Allegretto
3.6 II. Vivace
3.7 III. Lento Assai, Cantante E Tranquillo
3.8 IV. Grave, Ma Non Troppo Tratto - Allegro