String Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Arne Nordheim & Béla Bartók & Engegårdkvartetten

String Quartets is a collection of chamber works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1798 and 1826. The set spans his early, middle and late periods and traces developments in Classical forms and harmonic language, moving the string quartet idiom towards greater structural ambition, contrapuntal complexity and expressive range.

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  1. 1.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 74 “Harp”: I. Poco adagio - Allegro
    9:27
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 74 “Harp”: II. Adagio ma non troppo
    9:14
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 74 “Harp”: III. Presto
    4:52
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 74 “Harp”: IV. Allegretto con variazioni
    6:33
  5. 5.
    String Quartet 1956: I. Lento quasi una improvisazione
    10:28
  6. 6.
    String Quartet 1956: II. Intermezzo
    4:27
  7. 7.
    String Quartet 1956: III. Epitaffio
    5:37
  8. 8.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: I. Prima parte. Moderato
    4:52
  9. 9.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: II. Seconda parte. Allegro
    5:46
  10. 10.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: III. Recapitulazione della prima parte. Moderato
    3:20
  11. 11.
    String Quartet no. 3, Sz. 85: IV. Coda. Allegro molto
    1:54

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