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Beethoven - Contemporary Arrangements for Chamber Ensemble

 
Beethoven - Contemporary Arrangements for Chamber Ensemble-Chamber Ensemble-The Great Composers
ID: GMCD7274 (EAN: 795754727425)  | 1 CD | DDD
Released in: 2004
LABEL:
Guild GmbH
Collection:
The Great Composers
Subcollection:
Chamber Ensemble
Composers:
BEETHOVEN, Ludwig Van
Interprets:
DUKES, Philip (viola) | GOFF, Morgan (viola) | MANNING, Rita (violin) | PEARSON, Justin (cello) | WILSON, Rolf (violin)
Ensembles:
The Locrian Ensemble
Other info:

Recorded: St Martin’s Church, East Woodhay, Berkshire - 27 May 2002 (Pathétique Sonata) and St Silas Church, Chalk Farm, London - 13-14 January 2002 (Symphonies)

Review:
 

The three arrangements for string quintet on this recording were all made during Beethoven’s lifetime, with his approval, although it is not entirely clear who was responsible for the transcriptions. The first is a strikingly successful adaptation of the piano Sonata Opus 13, the Pathčtique in C minor. Originally written in 1799, this arrangement was published in about 1807 by Tobias Haslinger who was perhaps also the arranger. Haslinger was again the publisher of the arrangement of the 8th Symphony in F major, Opus 93 which appeared in about 1816 only two years after the symphonyąs first performance in Vienna. The third work on this disc is the 1st Symphony, Opus 21 in C major, first performed in 1800. The edition used in this recording was published in Bonn about 1803 by Simrock. In sanctioning arrangements of some of his own compositions for small chamber ensembles, Beethoven no doubt wished to promote his own work, and through increased public awareness of it, gain some commercial advantage.
Hearing these familiar works in unfamiliar chamber versions is a surprising experience. Music we know well is suddenly transformed into something fresh and novel, yet at the same time instantly recognizable. Their musical argument is presented with a purity and directness that reveals its essential nature. The addition of a string quintet’s beauty of tone, variety of colour and sustained cantabile quality to the Pathčtique sonata adds an entirely new dimension to the work. This recording gives us insight into the way many musicians might have first heard these works during Beethoven’s lifetime.
“The Locrians have a formidable international reputation”
London Evening Standard


 

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