The Kuss Quartet, renowned for their penetrating and searching performances of quartet repertoire spanning from Haydn to Birtwhistle, celebrate the Beethoven anniversary year with this boxed set of his complete string quartets. Recorded live in Tokyo's Suntory Hall, the Kuss Quartet performs on the four Stradivarius instruments collectively known as the 'Paganini Quartet.' Among the most cherished possessions of the famed virtuoso, these superb instruments were loaned from the Nippon Music Foundation.
49 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.132 - I. Assai Sostenuto - Allegro
50 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.132 - II. Allegro Ma Non Tanto
51 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.132 - III. Heiliger Dankgesang Eines Genesen An Die Gottheit, in Der Lydischen Tonart: Molto Adagio - Neue Kraft Fühlend: Andante - Molto Adagio Mit Innigster Empfindung
52 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.132 - IV. Alla Marcia, Assai Vivace - Piu Allegro - Allegro Appassionato - Presto
53 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.132 - V. Allegro Appassionato
54 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.130 - I. Adagio Ma Non Troppo - Allegro
55 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.130 - II. Presto
56 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.130 - III. Poco Scherzando: Andante Con Moto, Ma Non Troppo
57 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.130 - IV. Alla Danza Tedesca: Allegro Assai
58 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.130 - V. Cavatina: Adagio Molto Espressivo
59 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.130 - VI. Grosse Fuge (Op.133)
60 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.131 - I. Adagio, Ma Non Troppo E Molto E Molto Espressivo
61 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.131 - II. Allegro Molto Vivace
62 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.131 - III. Allegro Moderato
63 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.131 - IV. Andante, Ma Non Troppo E Molto Cantabile - Piu Mosso - Andante Moderato E Luisinghiero - Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio, Ma Non Troppo E Semplice - Allegretto
64 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.131 - V. Presto
65 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.131 - VI. Adagio Quasi Un Poco Andante
66 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.131 - VII. Allegro
67 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.135 - I. Allegretto
68 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.135 - II. Vivace
69 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.135 - III. Lento Assai, Cantabile E Traquillo
70 Beethoven: String Quartet Op.135 - IV. Der Schwer Gefasste Entscluss: Grave Ma Non Troppo Tanto (Muss Es Sein?) - Adagio - Allegro (Es Muss Sein!) - Grave, Ma Non Troppo Tratto - Allegro
71 Mantovani: Beethoveniana
The Kuss Quartet, renowned for their penetrating and searching performances of quartet repertoire spanning from Haydn to Birtwhistle, celebrate the Beethoven anniversary year with this boxed set of his complete string quartets. Recorded live in Tokyo's Suntory Hall, the Kuss Quartet performs on the four Stradivarius instruments collectively known as the 'Paganini Quartet.' Among the most cherished possessions of the famed virtuoso, these superb instruments were loaned from the Nippon Music Foundation.
