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Beethoven, Bridge & Chin: To Be Loved
Beethoven, Bridge & Chin: To Be Loved
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- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 in F Major: I. Allegro con brioComposer(s) Ludwig Van BeethovenArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 in F Major: I. Allegro con brio
09:26$3.40 - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 in F Major: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionatoComposer(s) Ludwig Van BeethovenArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 in F Major: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
08:27$3.40 - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 in F Major: III. Scherzo (Allegro molto)Composer(s) Ludwig Van BeethovenArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 in F Major: III. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
03:32$2.30 - String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 in F Major: IV. AllegroComposer(s) Ludwig Van BeethovenArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 in F Major: IV. Allegro
06:54$2.30 - Parametastrings for String Quartet and Tape: I. AllegroComposer(s) Unsuk ChinArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
Parametastrings for String Quartet and Tape: I. Allegro
04:55$2.30 - Parametastrings for String Quartet and Tape: II. AndanteComposer(s) Unsuk ChinArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
Parametastrings for String Quartet and Tape: II. Andante
04:41$2.30 - Parametastrings for String Quartet and Tape: III. AndantinoComposer(s) Unsuk ChinArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
Parametastrings for String Quartet and Tape: III. Andantino
05:41$2.30 - Parametastrings for String Quartet and Tape: IV. Moderato - AllegroComposer(s) Unsuk ChinArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
Parametastrings for String Quartet and Tape: IV. Moderato - Allegro
05:44$2.30 - Novelletten, H. 44: I. Andante moderatoComposer(s) Frank BridgeArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
Novelletten, H. 44: I. Andante moderato
05:07$2.30 - Novelletten, H. 44: II. Presto (Allegretto)Composer(s) Frank BridgeArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
Novelletten, H. 44: II. Presto (Allegretto)
03:07$2.30 - Novelletten, H. 44: III. Allegro vivoComposer(s) Frank BridgeArtist(s) Esmé Quartet
Novelletten, H. 44: III. Allegro vivo
05:13$2.30
Total running time: 62 minutes.
Album information
The prize-winning Esmé Quartet presents a programme that combines Beethoven’s first string quartet and ParaMetaString, a quartet ‘with magnetic tape’ that the Kronos Quartet commissioned from the Esmé’s compatriot Unsuk Chin in 1996.
The Esmé Quartet, consisting of four Korean women musicians, was founded in 2016 and is based in Germany. Its members have received guidance from Günter Pichler of the Alban Berg Quartett and Heime Müller of the Artemis Quartett, among others. In addition to winning the Prize of the Aix Festival Academy, they also received First Prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition in London.
Serving as a link between the two works (Beethoven’s first string quartet and Chin's ParaMetaString) is the Novelletten by the English composer Frank Bridge (1904) which also rounds off an overview of some of the finest chamber music written over the past 200 years.
This recording was created in collaboration with the Academy of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence as part of Alpha's commitment to support new talents.
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Reviews
Best of 2020: '... the group explores every aspect of the form’s expressive possibilities in this eclectic program ...'
WQXR
'The lyricism and airy limpidity of our four performers give them an unexpected depth and appeal.'
Diapason
'The Beethoven String Quartet receives a first-rate performance ... their playing is full of vitality and energy, superbly balanced, intuitively phrased and impressively perceptive both stylistically and musically.'
MusicWeb International
'... a muscular performance of Beethoven’s Op 18, No 1, and a warmly impassioned reading of Frank Bridge’s Novelletten (1904).'
The Sunday Times
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