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Beethoven’s “Razumovsky” Cycle: String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3
In 1805, Count Andreas Razumovsky, the Russian ambassador to Vienna, commissioned Beethoven to write three string quartets. At the time, chamber music was often conceived for the entertainment of aristocratic amateurs. In contrast, Razumovsky’s commission would be premiered by the Schuppanzigh Quartet, a group of highly skilled musicians who formed what was likely the first professional string quartet. The result was groundbreaking music which moved the string quartet decisively into the concert hall. ...
2021-12-08 13:30:53
The A-minor Quartet by Franz Schubert was first performed in July of 1824 by the members of the Schuppanzigh Quartet, which had premiered most of Beethoven’s quartets. It would be the only one of Schubert’s chamber works published in his lifetime. Schubert scholar Maurice Brown, writing in 1958, noted: “The Quartet in A minor is a beloved work; in some way we group it with the ‘Unfinished’ Symphony as giving us the heart of the composer. But with the quartet as with the symphony, it is doing him an injustice to let the emotional directness, the poetry, the sheer beauty
2021-09-27 04:00:00
Ries: String Quartets Vol. 3 (Schuppanzigh Quartet)
Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) String Quartet No. 2 in D minor, Op. 68 String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 70 No. 1 String Quartet No. 5 in C minor, Op. 126 No. 2 Schuppanzigh Quartet (Period Instruments) Classic Produktion Osnabrück CPO 777 305-2 (2018) [Flac & Scans]
2021-09-26 04:00:00
Ries: String Quartets Vol. 2 (Schuppanzigh Quartet)
Ferdinand Ries (1784-1838) String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 70 No. 2 String Quartet No. 20 in F minor, WoO 48 Schuppanzigh Quartet (Period Instruments) Classic Produktion Osnabrück CPO 777 227-2 (2007) [Flac & Scans]
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