String Quartets, Opp. 18/4 & 132

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Borodin Quartet

String Quartets, Opp. 18/4 & 132 is a pair of chamber works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed around 1798–1800 and 1825 respectively. They range from the Classical clarity and formal balance of the early quartet to the dense contrapuntal writing, expanded harmonic language and episodic, introspective structures of the late quartet, illustrating Beethoven's development from established Classical forms toward the experimental late style that altered the course of the string quartet repertoire.

String Quartets, Opp. 18/4 & 132 by Ludwig van Beethoven - album cover

First released: 1989

Classical

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1.
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 1. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
9:45
2.
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 2. Allegro ma non tanto
8:42
3.
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 3. Molto Adagio. Andante ("Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der Lydischen Tonart")
17:41
4.
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 4. Alla marcia, assai vivace - Più allegro
2:23
5.
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 5. Allegro appassionato
6:42
6.
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18/4 1. Allegro ma non tanto
8:51
7.
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18/4 2. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
7:08
8.
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18/4 3. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
4:24
9.
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18/4 4. Allegro - Prestissimo
4:12