Ehnes Quartet - Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13, Op. 130 & Grosse Fuge, Op. 133

Onyx Classics

£13.95

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: ONYX4199
Barcode: 0880040419921
Release Date: 28th May 2021
Genre: Classical

 Like many musical projects planned for 2020, the plans of the Ehnes Quartet to record Beethoven’s late quartets underwent a drastic revision. Rather than cancel the project, some ingenious technology was employed.
 James Ehnes takes up the story: “Our quartet was greatly looking forward to a week of recording in the United Kingdom in August 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible for us to travel to the UK, and for our UK-based producer, Simon Kiln, to travel to us. We were, however, able to take advantage of the wonders of modern
technology by recording in the USA with Simon monitoring the sessions in real time in London.
 “A fortunate benefit of not traveling overseas for these recordings was that the days we had scheduled for travel become additional recording days, allowing us to record all of Beethoven’s string quartets from Op. 74 onwards. The four CDs we recorded during this intense two-week period will always be treasured reminders for us of a brief,
bucolic window of artistic fulfilment during a terribly challenging period for the world.”

Tracklisting:
String Quartet No. 13 in BFlat Major, Op. 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
String Quartet No. 13 in BFlat Major, Op. 130: II. Presto
String Quartet No. 13 in BFlat Major, Op. 130: III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo. Poco scherzoso
String Quartet No. 13 in BFlat Major, Op. 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai
String Quartet No. 13 in BFlat Major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo
String Quartet No. 13 in BFlat Major, Op. 130: VI. Finale. Allegro
Grosse Fuge, Op. 133