AMADEUS QUARTET The Legendary 7CDs

Description:

1961-1967. HAYDN String Qts 17, 51 (Seven Last Words), 57,58,65,72,74 (The Rider),81; SCHUBERT String Qt D87, D112, D804 (Rosamunde), D887,D810 (Death & Maiden), Quartettsatz; MENDELSSOHN Capriccio; BRAHMS String Qt Op51/1,2, Op67 (Brilliant Cl) "..poised & deeply felt.."

Track Listing:

CD 1:
Joseph Haydn
STRING QUARTET
in F major Op. 3 No. 5 “Serenade” Hob III:17
1. Presto 3:53
2. Andante cantabile 3:48
3. Menuetto 3:03
4. Scherzando 2:45
Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers am Kreuze
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
Op. 51, Hob III:50-56
5. Introduzione, maestoso ed adagio 6:06
6. Largo: Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt quid faciunt 8:16
7. Grave e cantabile: Hodie mecum eris in Paradiso 6:11
8. Grave: mulier, ecce filius tuus 7:30
9. Largo: Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me? 5:46
10. Adagio: Sitio 6:12
11. Lento: consummatum est 5:37
12. Largo: In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum 9:53
13. Presto e con tutta la forza: Il terremoto 1:46

Total: 70:54

CD 2:
Joseph Haydn
STRING QUARTET in G major Op. 54 No. 1
1. Allegro con brio 5:46
2. Allegretto 6:44
3. Menuetto 4:11
4. Finale, presto 4:05
STRING QUARTET in C major Op. 54 No. 2
5. Vivace 5:32
6. Adagio 3:30
7. Menuetto 3:44
8. Adagio-presto 5:46
STRING QUARTET in B flat major Op. 64 No. 3
9. Vivace assai 6:08
10. Adagio 5:53
11. Menuet 4:24
12. Finale, allegro con spirito 4:00

Total: 59:51

CD 3:
Joseph Haydn
STRING QUARTET in C major Op. 74 No. 1
1. Allegro 5:01
2. Andantino 5:19
3. Menuet 3:51
4. Finale, vivace 5:36
STRING QUARTET in G minor Op. 74 No. 3 “The Rider” (Reiterquartett)
5. Allegro 3:34
6. Largo assai 6:21
7. Menuet 3:35
8. Finale, allegro con brio 5:47
STRING QUARTET in G major Op. 77 No. 1
9. Allegro moderato 5:47
10. Adagio 5:50
11. Menuet 4:05
12. Finale, presto 4:04
STRING QUARTET in B flat major Op. 103
13. Andante grazioso 5:33
14. Menuetto 5:33

Total: 70:16

CD 4:
Franz Schubert
STRING QUARTET in E flat major Op. posth. 125 No. 1, D87
1. Allegro moderato 6:15
2. Scherzo, prestissimo 5:45
3. Adagio 1:40
4. Allegro 5:26
STRING QUARTET in B flat major D112
5. Allegro ma non troppo 9:36
6. Andante sostenuto 7:44
7. Menuetto, allegro 5:06
8. Presto 3:53
Felix Mendelssohn
CAPRICCIO in E minor Op. 81
9. Andante con moto-allegro fugato 5:24

Total: 51:06

CD 5:
Franz Schubert
STRING QUARTET in A minor D804 “Rosamunde”
1. Allegro moderato 9:32
2. Andante 7:13
3. Menuetto, allegretto 6:49
4. Allegro moderato 7:14
STRING QUARTET in G major Op. Posth. 161 D887
5. Allegro molto moderato 15:25
6. Andante un poco moto 11:58
7. Scherzo, allegro vivace 6:19
8. Allegro assai 9:17

Total: 73:51

CD 6:
Franz Schubert
STRING QUARTET in D minor D810
“Der Tod und das Mädchen” (Death and the Maiden)
1. Allegro 11:13
2. Andante con moto 14:06
3. Scherzo, allegro molto 3:35
4. Presto 8:13
QUARTETTSATZ in C minor D703
5. Allegro assai 8:31
Johannes Brahms
STRING QUARTET in C minor Op. 51 No. 1
6. Allegro 8:15
7. Romanze, poco adagio 7:05
8. Allegretto molto moderato e comodo 9:53
9. Allegro 5:35

Total: 76:44

CD 7:
Johannes Brahms
STRING QUARTET in A minor Op. 51 No. 2
1. Allegro non troppo 8:50
2. Andante moderato 9:08
3. Quasi minuetto, moderato 5:08
4. Finale, allegro non assai 6:31
STRING QUARTET in B flat major Op. 67
5. Vivace 7:23
6. Andante 7:12
7. Agitato 7:29
8. Poco allegretto con variazioni 9:04

Total: 60:55

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