The Early String Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Cypress String Quartet

The Early String Quartets are a set of chamber works by Ludwig van Beethoven, composed between 1798 and 1800. They are in the Classical style, with balanced textures, clear phrase structures and motivic development, and they appear early in Beethoven's output before his middle-period works.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in F, op. 18 no. 1: I. Allegro con brio
    9:33
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in F, op. 18 no. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
    9:20
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in F, op. 18 no. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    3:28
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in F, op. 18 no. 1: IV. Allegro
    6:51
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in G, op .18 no. 2: I. Allegro
    8:06
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in G, op .18 no. 2: II. Adagio cantabile
    5:43
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in G, op .18 no. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    5:06
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in G, op .18 no. 2: IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto
    6:15
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 18 no. 6: I. Allegro con brio
    6:18
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 18 no. 6: II. Adagio, ma non troppo
    7:01
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 18 no. 6: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    3:33
  12. 12.
    String Quartet in B-flat, op. 18 no. 6: IV. La Malinconia. Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro
    7:50

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet in D, op. 18 no. 3: I. Allegro
    8:07
  2. 3.
    String Quartet in D, op. 18 no. 3: II. Andante con moto
    7:57
  3. 4.
    String Quartet in D, op. 18 no. 3: III. Allegro
    3:17
  4. 5.
    String Quartet in D, op. 18 no. 3: IV. Presto
    6:53
  5. 6.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: I. Allegro, ma non tanto
    9:03
  6. 7.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
    7:18
  7. 8.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: III. Menueto. Allegretto
    3:41
  8. 9.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: IV. Allegro assai
    4:49
  9. 10.
    String Quartet in A, op. 18 no. 5: I. Allegro
    6:54
  10. 11.
    String Quartet in A, op. 18 no. 5: II. Menuetto- Trio
    4:46
  11. 12.
    String Quartet in A, op. 18 no. 5: III. Andante cantabile con variazioni
    9:39
  12. 13.
    String Quartet in A, op. 18 no. 5: IV. Allegro
    6:49

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