The Five Middle Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Cleveland Quartet

The Five Middle Quartets are a set of five string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1806 and 1810. They occupy Beethoven's middle period and feature expanded formal structures, adventurous harmonic language and intensified contrapuntal writing that bridge his earlier classical models and the innovations of his late quartets.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 59 no. 1 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro
    10:48
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 59 no. 1 "Razumovsky": II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
    9:16
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 59 no. 1 "Razumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto
    12:50
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 59 no. 1 "Razumovsky": IV. Thème Russe. Allegro
    7:43

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro
    13:55
  2. 3.
    String Quartet in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 "Razumovsky": II. Molto adagio - Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento
    13:02
  3. 4.
    String Quartet in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 "Razumovsky": III. Allegretto
    7:15
  4. 5.
    String Quartet in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 "Razumovsky": IV. Finale. Presto
    5:35

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 59 no. 3 "Razumovsky": I. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
    10:45
  2. 4.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 59 no. 3 "Razumovsky": II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
    10:08
  3. 5.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 59 no. 3 "Razumovsky": III. Minuetto. Grazioso
    5:38
  4. 6.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 59 no. 3 "Razumovsky": IV. Allegro molto
    5:56

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74 "Harp": I. Poco adagio - Allegro
    9:37
  2. 5.
    String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74 "Harp": II. Adagio ma non troppo
    9:45
  3. 6.
    String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74 "Harp": III. Presto
    4:41
  4. 7.
    String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74 "Harp": IV. Allegretto con variazioni
    6:23
  5. 8.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95 "Serioso": I. Allegro con brio
    4:53
  6. 9.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95 "Serioso": 6: II. Allegretto ma non troppo
    7:34
  7. 10.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95 "Serioso": III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
    4:39
  8. 11.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95 "Serioso": IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato
    5:07

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