Aris Quartett - Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 9 & 14 (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": I. Introduzione. Andante con moto
02. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
03. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": III. Menuetto. Grazioso-Trio
04. String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky": IV. Allegro molto
05. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
06. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
07. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato
08. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
09. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto
10. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
11. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro



To his audience back then, Beethoven must have been radical, stormy, piercing - overwhelming! Even the smallest loudspeaker jumps to the Aris Quartet, grabbing the listener and not letting go – pretty amazing for an ensemble whose members’ combined age is not yet 100! The multiple prizewinners of the 2016 International ARD Competition are among the absolute shooting stars of the quartet scene and, with their GENUIN album, they show why: cutting edge middle and late Beethoven – definitely worth listening to! The Aris Quartett was founded in 2009 on the initiative of Hubert Buchberger, Professor of Chamber Music at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. At the time, Anna Katharina Wildermuth (violin), Noemi Zipperling (violin), Caspar Vinzens (viola), and Lukas Sieber (cello), were still high school students, but already studying their respective instruments as junior students at the music university. Begun as an experiment, this meeting between the four young musicians proved to be a genuine stroke of luck. Zipperling writes: “It was truly a wonderful accident that he chose us in particular. Otherwise it probably never would have occurrec to us to play chamber music in this combination, since at the time we didn’t know each other at all.” Eight years later, the Aris Quartett is one of the most striking quartets of the younger generation.

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