The Late String Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Cypress String Quartet

The Late String Quartets are a set of late-period string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1825 and 1826. They are chamber works that push harmonic language and formal structure, use dense counterpoint, extended tonal ambiguity, wide dynamic contrasts and unusual formal proportions, and they close Beethoven's quartet output at the end of his compositional career.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in E-flat, op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro
    6:05
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in E-flat, op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile
    14:43
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in E-flat, op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace
    8:54
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in E-flat, op. 127: IV. Allegro assai
    6:52
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
    9:48
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto
    8:32
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: III. Molto adagio - Andante
    16:11
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace
    2:14
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in A minor, op. 132: V. Allegro appassionato - Presto
    6:31

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
    14:18
  2. 3.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 130: II. Presto
    2:07
  3. 4.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 130: III. Poco scherzoso: Andante con moto ma non troppo
    7:25
  4. 5.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 130: IV. Alla Danza tedesca: Allegro assai
    3:57
  5. 6.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 130: V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
    6:34
  6. 7.
    Grosse Fuge, op. 133
    15:23
  7. 8.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 130: Alternate Finale
    10:48

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
    5:44
  2. 4.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace
    3:06
  3. 5.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: III. Allegro moderato
    0:43
  4. 6.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
    14:27
  5. 7.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: V. Presto
    5:19
  6. 8.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante
    2:13
  7. 9.
    String Quartet in C-sharp minor, op. 131: VII. Allegro
    6:58
  8. 10.
    String Quartet in F, op. 135: I. Allegretto
    6:41
  9. 11.
    String Quartet in F, op. 135: II. Vivace
    3:20
  10. 12.
    String Quartet in F, op. 135: III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
    7:17
  11. 13.
    String Quartet in F, op. 135: IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro
    6:56

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