Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18, No.1&2

Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Melos Quartet Stuttgart (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Melos Quartet Stuttgart
• Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
• Audio CD (May 23, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Intercord
• ASIN: B000005A8B
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,046,486 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1: Allegro con brio

2. String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1: Adagio affetuoso ed appassionato

3. String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1: Scherzo, Allegro molto

4. String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18/1: Allegro

5. String Quartet No. 2 in G major ('Compliments'), Op. 18/2: Allegro

6. String Quartet No. 2 in G major ('Compliments'), Op. 18/2: Adagio cantabile

7. String Quartet No. 2 in G major ('Compliments'), Op. 18/2: Scherzo, Allegro

8. String Quartet No. 2 in G major ('Compliments'), Op. 18/2: Allegro molto, quasi Presto

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This review is from: Beethoven: String Quartets Op.18, No.1&2 (Audio CD)

From the Melos Quartet I've only found a cassette rendition of the middle (Razumovsky etc.) quartets and this cd (with its companion volume 18/3 and Op. 14), but of the dozen performances I know, these are for me the definitive recordings of these quartets. The Melos quartet plays in a staccato style with a level of energy and passion that I have not experienced in other recordings of the Beethoven quartets. The recordings are quite clean, and they place you square in the very center of the quartet in a hugely reverbrant hall. This is exciting Beethoven. If you like your Beethoven exciting, these are performances you will want to own and hear again and again.