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Ludwig van Beethoven, Melos Quartet Stuttgart
Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18, No.1&2
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (8) - Disc #1
1. String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1: Allegro con brio
2. String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1: Adagio affetuoso ed appassionato
3. String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1: Scherzo, Allegro molto
4. String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1: Allegro
5. String Quartet No. 2 in G major ('Compliments'), Op. 18/2: Allegro
6. String Quartet No. 2 in G major ('Compliments'), Op. 18/2: Adagio cantabile
7. String Quartet No. 2 in G major ('Compliments'), Op. 18/2: Scherzo, Allegro
8. String Quartet No. 2 in G major ('Compliments'), Op. 18/2: Allegro molto, quasi Presto

CD Details

All Artists: Ludwig van Beethoven, Melos Quartet Stuttgart
Title: Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18, No.1&2
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Intercord
Release Date: 5/23/1995
Genre: Classical
Style: Chamber Music
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 754612052925

CD Reviews

Sheer energy

Don Loritz | Dayton, OH | 12/09/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"From the Melos Quartet I've only found a cassette rendition of the middle (Razumovsky etc.) quartets and this cd (with its companion volume 18/3 and Op. 14), but of the dozen performances I know, these are for me the definitive recordings of these quartets. The Melos quartet plays in a staccato style with a level of energy and passion that I have not experienced in other recordings of the Beethoven quartets. The recordings are quite clean, and they place you square in the very center of the quartet in a hugely reverbrant hall. This is exciting Beethoven. If you like your Beethoven exciting, these are performances you will want to own and hear again and again.

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