String Quartets / Streichquartette: Op.127 / Op.135

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Quartetto Italiano

String Quartets Op.127 and Op.135 are late string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed in 1825 and 1826. They are late-period chamber works that feature condensed motifs, dense counterpoint, abrupt shifts in tempo and contrast in dynamics, and they sit within Beethoven's final quartet output when he moved towards greater introspection and tighter formal structures.
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  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro
    7:01
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
    15:27
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
    8:37
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: IV. Finale
    7:13
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto
    6:23
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: II. Vivace
    4:05
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
    7:13
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: IV. Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß. Grave - Allegro - Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro
    7:42

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