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LaSalle Quartett = Walter Levin, Henry Meyer (v); Peter Kamnitzer (va); Lee Fiser (vc)
Beethoven?s lifelong occupation and pioneering
work with the string quartet can be divided up
into three creative phases. Beginning with the
youthful, fresh Quartets op. 18 which soon became
highly popular with the public shortly after their
composition, then on to the compact and intensive
sounding Quartets op. 59, Beethoven continued to
develop his style right up to his late period
between 1822 and 1826. The opinions of his
contemporaries of his late works range from
?extremely moving and haunting? to ?Chinese? and
show that the rhapsodic style was considered alien
and wilful, and the structure of the various
movements a cause for bafflement.
In the Quartet in A minor, most attention is
focussed on the slow movement, which Beethoven
headed with the words 'Heiliger Dankgesang? ('Holy
song of thanksgiving?). The movement with its
hymnal melody is fully in the tradition of a
protestant chorale, but this sacred grandeur is
twice contrasted with optimistic, dance-like
sections, 'Neue Kraft fühlend? ('feeling new
strength?).
In the meantime, the world-famous LaSalle Quartet
has gone down in history; their superb sound, fine
intonation and unerring understanding of the
highly sensitive late Beethoven is now brought to
life once again on this recording.
Recording: December 1975 at Beethoven-Saal,
Hannover (Germany), by Klaus Scheibe
Production: Rainer Brock
Original label: Deutsche Grammophon
Kat.č.: DGG 2530728 (LP - audiofilský vinyl), Speakers Corner , cena: 899.00 Kč, EAN: 4260019714763 skladem: 0ks, expedujeme do 2-40 dnů