Ehnes Quartet - Beethoven: String Quartets Nos. 12 & 14 (2021)

The second instalment in the Ehnes Quartet’s survey of the late Beethoven Quartets recorded in the US with their producer overseeing the sessions from London as the pandemic saw the UK travel plans and sessions cancelled. They bring to these masterworks many years of experience: ‘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’ said James Ehnes.

Tracklist
1. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro (06:24)
2. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile (14:03)
3. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: III. Scherzo (08:25)
4. String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: IV. Allegro (06:41)
5. String Quartet No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 131: I.Adagio ma non troppo e molto espresivo (07:26)
6. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace (03:02)
7. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato (00:42)
8. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile (13:08)
9. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto (05:13)
10. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VI.Adagio quasi un poco andante (01:56)
11. String Quartet No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro (06:55)