String Quartets: op. 59, no. 2 in E minor / op. 59, no. 3 in C major "Razumovskys"

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Cleveland Quartet

String Quartets Op. 59 Nos. 2 (E minor) and 3 (C major), commonly grouped as the Razumovsky quartets, are chamber works by Ludwig van Beethoven, published in 1808. Composed in his middle period, they blend Classical quartet forms with expanded harmonic language, dramatic contrasts, extended development and increased technical and contrapuntal demands, representing a marked widening of the string quartet's expressive and structural scope in Beethoven's output.

String Quartets: op. 59, no. 2 in E minor / op. 59, no. 3 in C major "Razumovskys" by Beethoven - album cover

First released: 1993

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Quartet in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 "Razumovsky": I. Allegro
13:37
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Quartet in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 "Razumovsky": II. Molto adagio - Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento
12:37
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Quartet in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 "Razumovsky": III. Allegretto
6:46
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Quartet in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 "Razumovsky": IV. Finale. Presto
5:28
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Quartet in C major, op. 59 no. 3 "Razumovsky": I. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
10:30
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Quartet in C major, op. 59 no. 3 "Razumovsky": II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
8:45
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Quartet in C major, op. 59 no. 3 "Razumovsky": III. Minuetto. Grazioso
5:20
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Quartet in C major, op. 59 no. 3 "Razumovsky": IV. Allegro molto
6:04