String Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Borodin Quartet

String Quartets is a set of chamber music compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1798 and 1826. They span the Classical and early Romantic idioms, moving from works rooted in Viennese classical models to late quartets characterised by intensified counterpoint, expanded harmonic language and formal experimentation that mark a pivotal development in both the composer's career and the string quartet repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 "Rasumovsky": I. Allegro
    10:45
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 "Rasumovsky": II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
    8:53
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 "Rasumovsky": III. Adagio molto e mesto
    12:27
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 "Rasumovsky": IV. Theme russe: allegro
    8:57
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasumovsky": I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
    10:41
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasumovsky": II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
    9:50
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasumovsky": III. Menuetto: grazioso
    5:13
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 9, Op. 59 No. 3 "Rasumovsky": IV. Allegro molto
    6:36

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": I. Allegro con brio
    4:37
  2. 3.
    String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": II. Allegretto ma non troppo
    6:45
  3. 4.
    String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso
    4:35
  4. 5.
    String Quartet No. 11, Op. 95 "Quartetto serioso": IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro
    5:02
  5. 6.
    String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132: I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
    9:46
  6. 7.
    String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto
    8:43
  7. 8.
    String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132: III. Molto adagio, andante "Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart"
    17:40
  8. 9.
    String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132: IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace - Più allegro
    2:23
  9. 10.
    String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132: V. Allegro appassionato
    6:36

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