String Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Smetana Quartet

String Quartets is a collection of chamber works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1798 and 1826. The pieces span his middle to late creative periods and explore a wide range of textures and forms, moving from Classical clarity to more expansive, contrapuntal and expressive writing that significantly influenced the development of chamber music.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95: “Serioso”: I. Allegro con brio
    4:39
  2. 2.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95: II & III. Allegro ma non troppo - Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
    10:30
  3. 3.
    String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95: IV. Larghetto - Allegretto agitato
    4:35
  4. 4.
    String Quartet no. 12 in E-flat, op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro
    6:08
  5. 5.
    String Quartet no. 12 in E-flat, op. 127: II. Adagio ma non troppo molto cantabile
    15:20
  6. 6.
    String Quartet no. 12 in E-flat, op. 127: III. Scherzando: Vivace
    8:29
  7. 7.
    String Quartet no. 12 in E-flat, op. 127: IV. Finale
    6:14

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