Passion, intensity and meticulous attention to detail are at the heart of the Elias String Quartet’s performances of Beethoven’s music. This disc offers the chance to hear the ensemble’s unique and refreshing approach to these grand works.
Capturing Beethoven’s boundless range of emotions and melodies, we are proud to release the fourth volume of this journey through Beethoven’s masterworks. Recorded live in concert at Wigmore Hall, this performance explores Beethoven’s high-spirited String Quartet in G Op. 18 No. 2, the lyric String Quartet in E flat Op. 127, and finally the revolutionary ‘Razumovsky’ Quartet.
Tracklist:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
01. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18: II. Adagio cantabile
03. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18: III. Scherzo. Allegro
04. String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18: IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
05. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso – Allegro
06. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
07. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
08. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: IV. Finale. Allegro
09. String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 “First Rasumowsky-Quartet”: I. Allegro
10. String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 “First Rasumowsky-Quartet”: II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
11. String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 “First Rasumowsky-Quartet”: III. Adagio molto e mesto
12. String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 “First Rasumowsky-Quartet”: IV. Thème russe. Allegro
Personnel:
Elias String Quartet:
Sara Bitlloch, violin
Donald Grant, violin
Martin Saving, viola
Marie Bitlloch, cello
![Pacifica Quartet - Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries: The Soviet Experience Vol. 1-4 (2011-2013) [24bit FLAC]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2017/07/ntIbtOp.jpg "Pacifica Quartet - Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries: The Soviet Experience Vol. 1-4 (2011-2013) [24bit FLAC]")
![Glenn Gould - The Complete Columbia Album Collection (2015 Remastered Edition) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2017/07/2bHwfbA.jpg "Glenn Gould - The Complete Columbia Album Collection (2015 Remastered Edition) [Qobuz FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]")
![Itzhak Perlman - The Complete Warner Recordings 1972-1980 (2015) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/12/IpmBmeR.jpg "Itzhak Perlman - The Complete Warner Recordings 1972-1980 (2015) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![Jordi Savall - Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247 (2019) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/12/YiO8NMB.jpg "Jordi Savall - Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247 (2019) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]")
![Dunedin Consort, John Butt - J.S. Bach: John Passion - Reconstruction Of Bach’s Passion Liturgy (2013) [LINN FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2017/08/Is0Y763.jpg "Dunedin Consort, John Butt - J.S. Bach: John Passion - Reconstruction Of Bach’s Passion Liturgy (2013) [LINN FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]")
![Various Artists - 5 Great Operas (2014) [Esoteric Japan] (9x SACD Box Set) SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/96kHz](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2020/09/FWyzelW.jpg "Various Artists - 5 Great Operas (2014) [Esoteric Japan] (9x SACD Box Set) SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/96kHz")
![Elias String Quartet - Beethoven String Quartets, Vol. 5 (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2018/12/UovC8YN.jpg "Elias String Quartet - Beethoven String Quartets, Vol. 5 (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![Consensus Vocalis, The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend - J.S. Bach: Matthaus-Passion, BWV 244 - Mendelssohn version (1841) (2015) [FLAC 24bit/352,8kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2018/09/8S66aeK.jpg "Consensus Vocalis, The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend - J.S. Bach: Matthaus-Passion, BWV 244 - Mendelssohn version (1841) (2015) [FLAC 24bit/352,8kHz]")
![Marc Minkowski - Bach: St John Passion (2017) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2017/11/ZmAGJjM.jpg "Marc Minkowski - Bach: St John Passion (2017) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![Ensemble Correspondances & Seebastien Dauce - Charpentier: Histoires sacrees (2019) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2019/12/SAy0dQV.jpg "Ensemble Correspondances & Seebastien Dauce - Charpentier: Histoires sacrees (2019) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]")
![Concerto Koln, Peter Dijkstra - J.S. Bach: St John Passion (Johannes-Passion), BWV 245 (2016) [PrestoClassical FLAC 24bit/48kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2018/08/TLPIc01.jpg "Concerto Koln, Peter Dijkstra - J.S. Bach: St John Passion (Johannes-Passion), BWV 245 (2016) [PrestoClassical FLAC 24bit/48kHz]")
![Takacs Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (2017) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2018/01/OT5will.jpg "Takacs Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (2017) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]")
![Hungarian Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (1955/2017) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2017/11/af95AaU.jpg "Hungarian Quartet - Beethoven: Complete String Quartets (1955/2017) [HDTracks FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")
![Piers Lane, Howard Shelley - Williamson: Complete Piano Concertos (2014) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]](https://getimg.link/images/imgimgimg/uploads/2017/01/PsKdW8Y.jpg "Piers Lane, Howard Shelley - Williamson: Complete Piano Concertos (2014) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]")