 
Beethoven: The Early Quartets - Budapest String Quartet
BRIDGE 9342A/B (2 discs)
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Playing time: 67'41"/77'27" - TT 145'08"
Tracks: 12+13
Booklet pages: 12
© 2011 Bridge Records Inc
Reviewer: Howard Smith
Review of Beethoven: The Early Quartets - Budapest String Quartet published on 15 March 2012
Listen: Beethoven: Scherzo (Op 18 No 2) (CD1 track 7, 0:00-0:53)
The Budapest String Quartet:
Joseph Roisman, violin
Edgar Ortenberg, violin (Disc A)
Alexander Schneider, violin (Disc B)
Boris Kroyt, viola
Mischa Schneider, cello
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Disc A
String Quartet No 1 in F, Op 18 No 1
1 Allegro con brio
2 Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
3 Scherzo: Allegro molto
4 Allegro
(recorded 23 March 1944)
String Quartet No 2 in G, Op 18 No 2
5 Allegro
6 Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
7 Scherzo: Allegro
8 Allegro molto, quasi presto
(recorded 13 April 1944)
String Quartet No 3 in D, Op 18 No 3
9 Allegro
10 Andante con moto
11 Allegro
12 Presto
(recorded 9 March 1944)
Disc B
String Quartet No 4 in C minor, Op 18 No 4
1 Allegro ma non tanto
2 Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
3 Menuetto: Allegretto
4 Allegro - Prestissimo
(recorded 30 March 1962)
String Quartet No 5 in A, Op 18 No 5
5 Allegro
6 Minuetto
7 Andante cantabile
8 Allegro
(recorded 1 November 1943)
String Quartet No 6 in B flat, Op 18 No 6
9 Allegro con brio
10 Adagio ma non troppo
11 Scherzo: Allegro
12 La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi Allegro
(recorded 11 November 1960)
13 Rehearsal fragment (Edgar Ortenberg, violin 2), 13 April 1944
'The release of this two-disc set completes the Budapest String Quartet's historic Beethoven string quartet cycle, recorded in concert at the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington DC, USA. Both the middle and late quartets from this cycle (BRIDGE 9099A/C and BRIDGE 9072A/C) have frequently been cited as among the finest recordings ever made of Beethoven's singular masterpieces. The present recordings of Beethoven's six Op 18 quartets were selected from performances given during the Budapest String Quartet's 22-year long residency at the Library (1940-1962). In addition to the six quartets, a short track drawn from a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal is included on disc two.'
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