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| Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets / Alban Berg Quartet | 
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| Artists: Ludwig Van Beethoven, Alban Berg Quartet, Gerhard Schulz, Hatto Beyerle, Thomas Kakuska, Valentin Erben Guenther Pichler
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $46.98
Buy New: $27.97
You Save: $19.01 (40%)
Buy New/Used from $27.96
Avg. Customer Rating:  (28 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1250
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5.1 x 0.9
MPN: 73606
UPC: 724357360623
EAN: 0724357360623
ASIN: B000026D4J
Release Date: November 16, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awesome! December 24, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This set is top of the line and the price is unbelievably small for 7 CDs. The nitpicking reviews that often accompany collections of this kind are usually submitted by people with little appreciation for the music at hand and only interested in impressing readers with some pseudo-intellectual musicological viewpoint.
These Berg Quartet renderings are wonderful. They are faithful to the music from a technical side and filled with pathos, joy, humor and spirit where Beethoven undoubtedly intended. The string quartet may be the most difficult chamber ensemble to write for, given the similarity of tonal colors of the instruments. Combine Beethoven's genius with the skills of the Berg Quartet players, and you have a set of recordings to appreciate and enjoy for a lifetime. And a great bargain to boot!!
Great Performance - Half Price December 17, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What's not to like? Great performance for 1/2 the price of the Italiano (actually my favorite) and 1/3 the price of the Emerson.
 Beautiful performances and recordings--"better than a bargain" September 12, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Beautiful performances and recordings of the Beethoven String quartets. Have listened to discs 1-4, 7. Last night listened transfixed by opus 132, 3rd Mvt. (Molto Adagio; Andante). I thought, "this one movement was worth the price of the discs."
No single performance of any of the great works can encompass all approaches nor reveal every nuance; but the performances that I have heard on these discs are solid and beautiful. These may not be the only recordings of Beethoven's string quartets that you will want to own; but they are a great addition to your audio library.
 disappointed September 5, 2007
2 out of 19 found this review helpful
I loved the playing and tempos and what not, I did not like the fact that 3 or 4 of the quartets 3rd and 4th movements were not separated by individual tracks on the cd. I guess I like to have control and listen to one movement by itself. I guess I should have noticed this before I bought the cd's. I guess I'm too picky this is a nice set but I'll be getting rid of it ASAP. what a shame their playing was great.
A wonderful Beethoven cycle June 18, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a fine recording, remastered for the reissue. Intelligent, driving, finely played. Excellent musicianship. Buy it. You won't be sorry you did.
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