Elmire Quartet: Beyond The Limits

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Quatuor à cordes No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 “Razumovsky”: I. Allegro
2. Quatuor à cordes No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 “Razumovsky”: II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
3. Quatuor à cordes No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 “Razumovsky”: III. Adagio molto e mesto
4. Quatuor à cordes No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 “Razumovsky”: IV. Thème Russe. Allegro
Disc: 2
1. Quatuor à cordes No. 8, Op. 59 No. 2 “Razumovsky”: I. Allegro
2. Quatuor à cordes No. 8, Op. 59 No. 2 “Razumovsky”: II. Molto Adagio. Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento
3. Quatuor à cordes No. 8, Op. 59 No. 2 “Razumovsky”: III. Allegretto – Maggiore
4. Quatuor à cordes No. 8, Op. 59 No. 2 “Razumovsky”: IV. Finale. Presto
5. Quatuor à cordes No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 “Razumovsky”: I. Introduzione. Andante con moto – Allegro vivace
6. Quatuor à cordes No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 “Razumovsky”: II. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto
7. Quatuor à cordes No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 “Razumovsky”: III. Menuetto grazioso – Trio
8. Quatuor à cordes No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 “Razumovsky”: IV. Allegro molto

In 1806, the “Razumovsky” quartets were a revolution. In a moment of life when Beethoven confesses to his brothers to have thought of ending his life, handicapped by his nascent deafness, his opus 59 resonates in turn like a drive for life, a revolt, a resurrection. Beethoven told his outraged musicians: “This music I don’t write for you, this music is for the future.” Free of any need for the approval of his music by the company, the Beethovenian genius is revealed to the open. The Elmire Quartet, the first string quartet signed by the Scala Music label, devotes this double album “Beyond The Limits” to the body of legend that is the tryptic Razumovsky