Cuarteto Casals – Beethoven: Revelations (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Cuarteto Casals presents Revelations, the second volume in a new complete cycle of the Beethoven quartets. The group devised an innovative structural arrangement for its recordings. The works are not presented in the typical grouping of early, middle and late periods: rather they are arranged according to each quartet’s place within Beethoven’s musical development. This ingenious juxtaposition reveals as never before how Beethoven’s superhuman struggle for perfection gave birth to a musical language of breathtaking originality without precedent in this genre, of which Beethoven is the uncontested master.

After ‘Inventions’, ‘Revelations’ is the second volume in a complete set of the Beethoven quartets that breaks new ground: it aims to regroup the works according to their position within the three broad creative divisions of the composer’s life – the formative years, the ‘heroic’ period and the late period. This programme assembles the ‘median quartets’, in other words the works that prolonged and consolidated the stylistic innovations outlined at the beginning of each of these creative periods. ‘It’ll be fascinating to hear the next instalment’ (Gramophone).

Tracklist:
Revelations 1
01. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile – Allegro
03. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
04. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
05. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: I. Poco adagio – Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: II. Adagio ma non troppo
07. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: III. Presto – Più presto quasi prestissimo
08. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: IV. Allegretto con variazioni

Revelations 2
01. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2: II. Molto adagio. Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento
03. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2: III. Allegretto – Maggiore, Thème russe
04. String Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2: IV. Finale. Presto
05. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3: I. Introduzione. Andante con moto – Allegro vivace
06. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3: II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
07. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3: III. Minuetto. Grazioso – Trio
08. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3: IV. Allegro molto

Revelations 3
01. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile – Allegro
03. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
04. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18, No. 2: IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
05. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: I. Poco adagio – Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: II. Adagio ma non troppo
07. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: III. Presto – Più presto quasi prestissimo
08. String Quartet No. 10 in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: IV. Allegretto con variazioni

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