New Arrivals/Restock

Title: Late String Quartets
Artist: Narratio Quartet
Label: Challenge Classics
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 608917298222
Genre: Classical Artists
Release Date: 2025-06-06
Number of Discs: 4

Last instalment in Narratio Quartet revolutionary version of Beethoven's String Quartets. This last 4CD box contains all the likewise revolutionary late Quartets, from opus 95 until opur 135, never premiered until after Beethoven's death. Once more Narratio Quartet conveys a completely unheard account of these masterpieces, an interpretation different from all the others. On volume 2 (Middle Quartets, CC 72981). Fanfare (USA): "This is a truly special release that fully lives up to the promise of the Narratio Quartet's op. 18. It is a necessary purchase for all Beethovenians. " In the shortlist of the Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik DE). On volume 1 (Early Quartets, CC 72969). Recomendaro de Ritmo (SP). BBC Music Magazine (UK): "There is much to enjoy in the quartet's poised and stylish playing".

Tracks:
1.1 String Quartet Op. 95 in F Minor~I. Allegro con brio
1.2 String Quartet Op. 95 in F Minor~II. Allegretto ma non troppo
1.3 String Quartet Op. 95 in F Minor~III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
1.4 String Quartet Op. 95 in F Minor~IV. Larghetto espressivo. Allegretto agitato
1.5 String Quartet Op. 127 in E-flat Major~I. Maestoso. Allegro
1.6 String Quartet Op. 127 in E-flat Major~II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
1.7 String Quartet Op. 127 in E-flat Major~III. Scherzo. Vivace
1.8 String Quartet Op. 127 in E-flat Major~IV. Finale
2.1 String Quartet Op. 130 in B-flat Major~I. Adagio ma non troppo. Allegro
2.2 String Quartet Op. 130 in B-flat Major~II. Presto
2.3 String Quartet Op. 130 in B-flat Major~III. Poco scherzoso, Andante con moto ma non troppo
2.4 String Quartet Op. 130 in B-flat Major~IV. Alla Danza tedesca, Allegro assai
2.5 String Quartet Op. 130 in B-flat Major~V. Cavatina, Adagio molto espressivo
2.6 String Quartet Op. 130 in B-flat Major: VI. Grande Fugue (Op. 133)
2.7 String Quartet Op. 130 in B-flat Major~Finale
3.1 String Quartet Op. 132 in A Minor~I. Assai sostenuto. Tempo Allegro
3.2 String Quartet Op. 132 in A Minor~II. Allegro ma non tanto
3.3 String Quartet Op. 132 in A Minor~III. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart
3.4 String Quartet Op. 132 in A Minor~IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace
3.5 String Quartet Op. 132 in A Minor~V. Allegro appassionato
4.1 String Quartet Op. 131 in C-sharp Minor~I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
4.2 String Quartet Op. 131 in C-sharp Minor~II. Allegro molto vivace
4.3 String Quartet Op. 131 in C-sharp Minor~III. Allegro moderato
4.4 String Quartet Op. 131 in C-sharp Minor~IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile / Allegretto / Adagio ma non troppo e semplice / Allegretto
4.5 String Quartet Op. 131 in C-sharp Minor~V. Presto
4.6 String Quartet Op. 131 in C-sharp Minor~VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
4.7 String Quartet Op. 131 in C-sharp Minor~VII. Allegro
4.8 String Quartet Op. 135 in F Major~I. Allegretto
4.9 String Quartet Op. 135 in F Major~II. Vivace
4.10 String Quartet Op. 135 in F Major~III. Assai lento, cantante e tranquillo
4.11 String Quartet Op. 135 in F Major~IV. Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß Grave, ma non troppo tratto / Allegro