Late String Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Wihan Quartet

The Late String Quartets are a set of string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, written between 1824 and 1826. They are characterised by extended forms, dense counterpoint, rhythmic complexity and sudden contrasts in tempo and mood, and they come from the final years of Beethoven's life when he employed unconventional tonal relationships and novel structural approaches within chamber music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro
    6:43
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 127: II. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
    15:10
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 127: II.. Scherzando vivace
    6:52
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 127: IV. Finale
    6:58
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
    7:18
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
    3:09
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: III. Allegro moderato
    0:54
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
    13:02
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: V. Presto
    5:37
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
    1:54
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: VII. Allegro
    6:50

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
    12:58
  2. 3.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130: II. Presto
    1:58
  3. 4.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130: III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
    6:44
  4. 5.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca - Allegro assai
    2:57
  5. 6.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 130: V. Cavatina - Adagio molto espressivo
    6:35
  6. 7.
    Grosse Fuge in B-flat major, op. 133
    15:22

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
    9:48
  2. 4.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: II. Allegretto ma non tanto
    7:11
  3. 5.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: III. Molto adagio
    18:55
  4. 6.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace
    2:13
  5. 7.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: V. Allegro appassionato
    7:11
  6. 8.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 135: I. Allegretto
    6:30
  7. 9.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 135: II. Vivace
    3:24
  8. 10.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 135: III. Lento assai e cantante tranquillo
    7:28
  9. 11.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 135: IV. Grave - Allegro - Grave ma nontroppo tratto - Allegro
    7:27

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