Beethoven - String Quartets op.131 & op.132
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Label: Biddulph
Cat No: 850422
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 9th February 2024
Contents
Artists
Lener QuartetWorks
String Quartet no.14 in C sharp minor, op.131String Quartet no.15 in A minor, op.132
Artists
Lener QuartetAbout
The two late Beethoven quartets included on this CD are the acoustical version made in 1924. Although they were supplanted in the catalogue by electrically recorded versions made a decade later, most connoisseurs of chamber music regard these earlier recordings as superior. Furthermore, their rendition of Beethoven’s A minor Quartet has an important literary reference, where it becomes a central image in the final chapter of Aldous Huxley’s 1928 novel Point Counter Point. The moving description of the Heilige Dankgesang and its effect on the main character Spandrell in the last minutes of his life is a tribute to the intensity of the performance.
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