The Early String Quartets

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Vermeer Quartet

The Early String Quartets is a set of early string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, published in 1801. They are Classical-era chamber works that use sonata form and quartet textures, and they show Beethoven's shift from Haydn-influenced models toward a more individual approach that points to his middle period.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio
    9:13
  2. 2.
    String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1: II. Adagio affetettuoso ed appassionato
    9:55
  3. 3.
    String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto
    3:26
  4. 4.
    String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1: IV. Allegro
    6:52
  5. 5.
    String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2: I. Allegro
    7:46
  6. 6.
    String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile
    5:47
  7. 7.
    String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo: Allegro
    4:25
  8. 8.
    String Quartet No. 2 in G major: IV. Allegro molto quasi Presto
    5:26

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3: I. Allegro
    7:59
  2. 3.
    String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3: II. Andante con moto
    7:17
  3. 4.
    String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3: III. Allegro
    2:54
  4. 5.
    String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3: IV. Presto
    6:26
  5. 6.
    String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4: I. Allegro, ma non tanto
    8:57
  6. 7.
    String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4: II. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto
    6:59
  7. 8.
    String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    3:52
  8. 9.
    String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4: IV. Allegro
    4:20

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: I. Allegro
  2. 4.
    String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Menuetto
  3. 5.
    String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: III. Andante cantabile
  4. 6.
    String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: IV. Allegro
  5. 7.
    String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio
  6. 8.
    String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6: II. Adagio, ma non troppo
  7. 9.
    String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6: III. Scherzo: Allegro
  8. 10.
    String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6: IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro

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