Beethoven: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 2 – The Middle Quartets
10/8/2021, 20 Tracks, 2:34:20
Featuring
Joel Link
Bryan Lee
Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt
Camden Shaw
Dover Quartet
Ludwig van Beethoven
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Instruments
The Dover Quartet performs on a variety of instruments, including a Jean Baptiste Vuillaume violin from 1845 and a Riccardo Antoniazzi violin from 1904.
Recording & Production
This album represents the last recording sessions engineered by Grammy-winning Bruce Egre before he passed away from cancer.
Performer Biography
The Dover Quartet serves as the inaugural Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music, where its members also studied.
Composition History
Beethoven's Op. 59 quartets, known as the 'Russian Quartets,' were commissioned by Count Andreas Razumovsky, the Russian ambassador in Vienna.
Performer Biography
The Dover Quartet, hailed as 'the next Guarneri Quartet,' rose to international fame in 2013 by winning all prizes at the Banff Competition.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven incorporated Russian folk songs into the first two Op. 59 quartets at the request of their commissioner, Count Razumovsky.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven's Op. 59 quartets feature striking musical gestures like large leaps, trills, and unisons, contributing to their exploratory and theatrical character.
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