Die frühen Streichquartette op. 18 (The "Early" Quartets op. 18)

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Alban Berg Quartett

Die frühen Streichquartette Op. 18 is a set of six string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, published in 1801. Composed in the late 1790s, they exemplify Classical-era quartet writing influenced by Haydn and Mozart while introducing Beethoven's emerging harmonic boldness, formal experimentation and individual voice that anticipates his later chamber works.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Quartet no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1 I: Allegro con brio
    8:46
  2. 2.
    Quartet no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1 II: Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
    9:24
  3. 3.
    Quartet no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1 III: Scherzo (Allegro molto) & Trio
    3:20
  4. 4.
    Quartet no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1 IV: Allegro
    6:24
  5. 5.
    Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2 I: Allegro
    7:59
  6. 6.
    Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2 II: Adagio cantabile
    6:30
  7. 7.
    Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2 III: Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio
    4:26
  8. 8.
    Quartet no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2 IV: Allegro molto, quasi presto
    5:15

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3 I: Allegro
    7:33
  2. 3.
    Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3 II: Andante con moto
    7:53
  3. 4.
    Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3 III: Allegro
    2:59
  4. 5.
    Quartet no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3 IV: Presto
    6:31
  5. 6.
    Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op. 18 no. 4 I: Allegro ma non tanto
    8:26
  6. 7.
    Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op. 18 no. 4 II: Scherzo (Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto)
    6:58
  7. 8.
    Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op. 18 no. 4 III:Menuetto (Allegretto) & Trio
    3:22
  8. 9.
    Quartet no. 4 in C minor, op. 18 no. 4 IV: Allegro
    4:24

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Quartet no. 5 in A major, op. 18 no. 5 I: Allegro
    6:40
  2. 4.
    Quartet no. 5 in A major, op. 18 no. 5 II: Menuetto & Trio
    4:22
  3. 5.
    Quartet no. 5 in A major, op. 18 no. 5 III: Andante cantabile
    9:54
  4. 6.
    Quartet no. 5 in A major, op. 18 no. 5 IV: Allegro
    6:48
  5. 7.
    Quartet no. 6 in B flat major, op. 18 no. 6 I: Allegro con brio
    5:46
  6. 8.
    Quartet no. 6 in B flat major, op. 18 no. 6 II: Adagio, ma non troppo
    6:57
  7. 9.
    Quartet no. 6 in B flat major, op. 18 no. 6 III: Scherzo (Allegro) & Trio
    3:08
  8. 10.
    Quartet no. 6 in B flat major, op. 18 no. 6 IV: Adagio (La Malinconia)-Allegretto quasi Allegri
    8:29

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