The Late String Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Vermeer Quartet

The Late String Quartets is a set of string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1824 and 1826. The music belongs to the chamber music repertoire and features expanded harmonic language, complex counterpoint, shifting tempos and stark dynamic contrasts, and it dates from the final years of Beethoven's life when he explored new formal approaches in the quartet medium.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro
    7:29
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
    15:53
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
    8:24
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: IV. Finale
    7:25
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
    6:50
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
    3:04
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato
    0:46
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
    14:14
  9. 9.
    String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: V. Presto
    5:42
  10. 10.
    String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
    1:55
  11. 11.
    String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro
    6:36

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
    9:55
  2. 3.
    String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: II. Presto
    2:04
  3. 4.
    String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo
    6:59
  4. 5.
    String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai
    3:15
  5. 6.
    String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
    7:22
  6. 7.
    String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: VI. Finale: Allegro
    11:23
  7. 8.
    Fugue for String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 133 "Grosse Fuge": Overtura: Allegro - Fuga
    16:44

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 "Heiliger Dankgesang": I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
    10:01
  2. 4.
    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 "Heiliger Dankgesang": II. Allegro ma non tanto
    8:43
  3. 5.
    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 "Heiliger Dankgesang": III. Conzona di ringratiamento: Molto adagio
    18:05
  4. 6.
    String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 "Heiliger Dankgesang": IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace - Allegro appassionato
    9:36
  5. 7.
    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto
    6:49
  6. 8.
    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: II. Vivace
    3:24
  7. 9.
    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai cantate e tranquillo
    7:35
  8. 10.
    String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro
    6:57

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