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Beethoven* - The Budapest String Quartet* ‎– Beethoven: The Middle Quartets

Label:

Columbia Masterworks ‎– M4S 616

Format:

Box Set

4 × Vinyl, LP 

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Classical

Style:

Classical

Tracklist

String Quartet In F, Op. 59 No. 1

A11. Allegro10:15

A22. Allegretto Vivace E Sempre Scherzando9:16

B13. Adagio Molto E Mesto / 4. Theme Russe (Allegro)18:30

String Quartet In E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2

C11. Allegro7:40

C22. Molto Adagio13:57

D13. Allegretto5:20

D24. Finale (Presto)5:35

String Quartet In C, Op. 59 No. 3

E11. Introduzione (Andante Con Moto) - Allegro Vivace8:23

E22. Andante Con Moto Quasi Allegretto9:33

E33. Menuetto (Grazioso) / 4. Allegro Molto11:35

String Quartet In F Minor, Op. 95 No. 11 *Serioso*

F11. Allegro Con Brio5:20

F22. Allegretto Ma Non Troppo11:45

F33. Allegro Assai Vivace Ma Serioso2:08

F44. Larhgetto Espressivo - Allegretto Agitato3:00

String Quartet In E Flat, Op. 74 No. 10 *Harp*

G11. Presto Adagio - Allegro8:30

G22. Adagio Ma Non Troppo9:40

H13. Presto - Piu Presto Quasi Prestissimo6:00

H24. Allegretto Con Variazioni5:80

Credits

Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven

Strings [Quartet] – Budapest String Quartet

4 LP set packaged in a hinged box. Includes a 16-page, 12" x 12" booklet featuring a glossy cover, photos of the recording sessions and illustrations. The booklet also reprints a 1959 article on the Quartet from The New Yorker.

Original pressings will be on the Gray and Black "6-Eye" label. Later pressings will be on the Columbia Gray 360 Sound 2 -Eye Label and much later pressings on the Masterworks label, which is bronze with orange type around the perimeter.

GOLDMINE GRADING

MINT ---- It should appear to be perfect. No scuffs or scratches, blotches or stains, labels or writing, tears or splits. Mint means perfect.

NEAR MINT ---- Otherwise mint but has one or two tiny inconsequential flaws that do not affect play. Covers should be close to perfect with minor signs of wear or age just becoming evident: slight ring-wear, minor denting to a corner, or writing on the cover should all be noted properly.

VERY GOOD PLUS ---- The record has been handled and played infrequently or very carefully. Not too far from perfect. On a disc, there may be light paper scuffs from sliding in and out of a sleeve or the vinyl or some of the original luster may be lost. A slight scratch that did not affect play would be acceptably VG+ for most collectors.

VERY GOOD ---- Record displays visible signs of handling and playing, such as loss of vinyl luster, light surface scratches, groove wear and spindle trails. Some audible surface noise, but should not overwhelm the musical experience. Usually a cover is VG when one or two of these problems are evident: ring wear, seam splits, bent corners, loss of gloss, stains, etc.

GOOD ---- Well played with little luster and significant surface noise. Despite defects, record should still play all the way through without skipping. Several cover flaws will be apparent, but should not obliterate the artwork.

POOR ---- Any record or cover that does not qualify for the above "Good" grading should be seen as Poor. Several cover flaws.