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Beethoven: The Late String Quartets, Op. 135 & Op. 132

4/1/2013, 9 Tracks, 1:10:02

Featuring

  • Serena Canin
  • Mark Steinberg
  • Misha Amory
  • Nina Lee
  • Brentano String Quartet
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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Performer Biography

The Brentano String Quartet, formed in 1992, has received numerous awards, including the Cleveland Quartet Award and the Naumburg Chamber Music Award.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The third movement of Beethoven's Op. 132 quartet is titled 'song of thanksgiving to God for recovery from an illness, in the lydian mode,' reflecting a deeply personal experience.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The Brentano String Quartet is named after Antonie Brentano, who many scholars consider to be Beethoven's 'Immortal Beloved,' the intended recipient of his famous love confession.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beethoven's String Quartet in F, opus 135, was his last complete work, composed only a few months before his death in March 1827.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Beethoven's note to his publisher suggests the 'difficult resolution' in Op. 135 might refer to the necessity of finishing the composition and bidding farewell to the string quartet genre.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The final movement of Beethoven's Op. 135 quartet bears the inscription 'Der schwer gefasste Entschluss' ('The Difficult Resolution'), with the slow introduction asking 'Muss es sein?' ('Must it be?').

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

For Beethoven, the act of composition was an act of giving, and his late works, including the five epic string quartets, offer hope of transcendence through insight into suffering.

Source: Booklet

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