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The Busch Quartet Beethoven Volume 4 mp3, flac, wma DOWNLOAD LINKS (Clickable) Genre: Classical Album: Beethoven Volume 4 Country: UK Released: 2009 Style: Classical MP3 version RAR size: 1345 mb FLAC version RAR size: 1648 mb WMA version RAR size: 1589 mb Rating: 4.6 Votes: 721 Other Formats: TTA XM DMF AHX AU AUD APE Tracklist Quartet No.13 In B Flat Op.130 1 I: Adagio Ma non Troppo 8:56 2 II: Presto 1:54 3 III: Andante Con Moto, Ma Non Troppo 5:23 4 IV: Alla Danza Tedesca: Allegro Assai 2:23 5 V. Cavatina: Adagio Molto Espressivo 7:00 6 VI. Finale: Allegro 8:27 Quartet No.15 In A Minor Op.132 7 I: Assai Sostenuto - Allegro 4:03 8 II: Allegro Ma Non Tanto 6:15 III: Heilger Dankesang Eines Genesenen An Die Gottheit, In Der 9 3:45 Lydischen Tonart: Molto Adagio - Andante - Mit Innigster EmpFundung 10 IV: Alla Marcia, Assai Vivace 4:26 11 V. Allegro Appassionato Companies, etc. Phonographic Copyright (p) – Dutton Recorded At – Abbey Road Studios Credits Cello – Herman Busch* Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven Ensemble – The Busch Quartet Liner Notes – Tully Potter Remastered By – Michael Dutton* Viola – Karl Doktor Violin – Adolph Busch, Gösta Andreasson (tracks: Gösta Andreassen) Notes Tracks 1 to 6: Recorded at Liederkranz Hall, NY 13 & 16 June 1941 Tracks 7 to 11: Recorded at Abbey Road Studio no. 3, on 7 October 1937 Barcode and Other Identifiers Barcode: 7 65387 97942 3 Rights Society: MCPS SPARS Code: ADD Matrix / Runout: [Manufactured by kdg] 672.658 CDBP 9794 Mould SID Code: IFPI 3066 Related Music albums to Beethoven Volume 4 by The Busch Quartet Mendelssohn – Pacifica Quartet - The Complete String Quartets Beethoven - Alban Berg Quartett - Complete String Quartets Artur Schnabel, Ludwig van Beethoven - Beethoven the Complete Piano Sonatas on Thirteen Discs Beethoven, Paul Lewis - Complete Piano Sonatas John Lill - Beethoven Piano Sonatas Complete Vol I Beethoven, Juilliard String Quartet - Quartet In A Minor Op. 132 Ludwig van Beethoven / Alban Berg Quartett - The Late String Quartets (Die Späten Streichquartette) Ludwig van Beethoven - Beethoven Edition - The String Quartets.

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