Early String Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Wihan Quartet

Early String Quartets is a collection of early string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, published in 1801. The music is Classical period chamber music that blends late 18th-century quartet conventions with increasing rhythmic drive and expanded harmonic language, and it is an early stage in Beethoven's move from student works toward his middle period.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 18, no. 1: I. Allegro con brio
    9:02
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 18, no. 1: II. Adagio affetuoso ed appassionato
    9:37
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 18, no. 1: III. Scherzo - Allegro molto
    3:28
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 18, no. 1: IV. Allegro
    6:53
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in G major, op. 18, no. 2: I. Allegro
    7:45
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in G major, op. 18, no. 2: II. Adagio cantabile
    5:56
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in G major, op. 18, no. 2: III. Scherzo - Allegro
    4:36
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in G major, op. 18, no. 2: IV. Allegro molto quasi presto
    5:43
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 18, no. 3: I. Allegro
    7:35
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 18, no. 3: II. Andante con moto
    7:19
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 18, no. 3: III. Allegro
    2:55
  12. 12.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 18, no. 3: IV. Presto
    6:48

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18, no. 4: I. Allegro ma non tanto
    8:21
  2. 3.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18, no. 4: II. Scherzo - Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
    6:50
  3. 4.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18, no. 4: III. Menuetto - Allegretto
    3:38
  4. 5.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18, no. 4: IV. Allegro
    4:40
  5. 6.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 18, no. 5: I. Allegro
    6:52
  6. 7.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 18, no. 5: II. Menuetto
    4:49
  7. 8.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 18, no. 5: III. Andante cantabile
    9:54
  8. 9.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 18, no. 5: IV. Allegro
    7:13
  9. 10.
    String Quartet in B-Flat major, op. 18, no. 6: I. Allegro con brio
    6:14
  10. 11.
    String Quartet in B-Flat major, op. 18, no. 6: II. Adagio ma non troppo
    7:11
  11. 12.
    String Quartet in B-Flat major, op. 18, no. 6: III. Scherzo - Allegro
    3:17
  12. 13.
    String Quartet in B-Flat major, op. 18, no. 6: IV. La Malincolia - Adagio - Allegretto quasi - Allegro
    7:39

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