The Complete String Quartets

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:13
• 2
  String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1: II. Adagio affetettuoso ed appassionato

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:55
• 3
  String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  3:26
• 4
  String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1: IV. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:52
• 5
  String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2: I. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:46
• 6
  String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:47
• 7
  String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo: Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  4:25
• 8
  String Quartet No. 2 in G major: IV. Allegro molto quasi Presto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:26
• CD 2
• 1
  String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3: I. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:59
• 2
  String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3: II. Andante con moto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:17
• 3
  String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3: III. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  2:54
• 4
  String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3: IV. Presto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:26
• 5
  String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4: I. Allegro, ma non tanto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  8:57
• 6
  String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4: II. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:59
• 7
  String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4: III. Menuetto: Allegretto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  3:52
• 8
  String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4: IV. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  4:20
• CD 3
• 1
  String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: I. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
• 2
  String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Menuetto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
• 3
  String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: III. Andante cantabile

  Ludwig van Beethoven
• 4
  String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: IV. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
• 5
  String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
• 6
  String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6: II. Adagio, ma non troppo

  Ludwig van Beethoven
• 7
  String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6: III. Scherzo: Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
• 8
  String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major, Op. 18 No. 6: IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
• CD 4
• 1
  Streichquartett Nr. 7 F-Dur "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 1: I. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  11:13
• 2
  Streichquartett Nr. 7 F-Dur "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 1: II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:46
• 3
  Streichquartett Nr. 7 F-Dur "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 1: III. Adagio molto e mesto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  14:54
• 4
  Streichquartett Nr. 7 F-Dur "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 1: IV. Thème russe: Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  8:07
• CD 5
• 1
  Streichquartett Nr. 8 E-Moll "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 2: I. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  10:14
• 2
  Streichquartett Nr. 8 E-Moll "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 2: II. Molto adagio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  13:46
• 3
  Streichquartett Nr. 8 E-Moll "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 2: III. Allegretto - Maggiore

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:44
• 4
  Streichquartett Nr. 8 E-Moll "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 2: IV. Finale: Presto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:50
• 5
  Streichquartett Nr. 9 C-Dur "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 3: I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  10:08
• 6
  Streichquartett Nr. 9 C-Dur "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 3: II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:34
• 7
  Streichquartett Nr. 9 C-Dur "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 3: III. Menuetto: Grazioso

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:19
• 8
  Streichquartett Nr. 9 C-Dur "Rasumowsky", op. 59 Nr. 3: IV. Allegro molto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:12
• CD 6
• 1
  String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74: I. Poco Adagio – Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:55
• 2
  String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74: II. Adagio ma non troppo

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  10:44
• 3
  String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74: III. Presto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:27
• 4
  String Quartet no. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74: IV. Allegretto con Variazioni

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:45
• 5
  String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95: I. Allegro con brio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  4:30
• 6
  String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95: II. Allegretto ma non troppo

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:01
• 7
  String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95: III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  4:33
• 8
  String Quartet no. 11 in F minor, op. 95: IV. Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  4:45
• CD 7
• 1
  String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:29
• 2
  String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  15:53
• 3
  String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: III. Scherzando vivace

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  8:24
• 4
  String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127: IV. Finale

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:25
• 5
  String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:50
• 6
  String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: II. Allegro molto vivace

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  3:04
• 7
  String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: III. Allegro moderato

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  0:46
• 8
  String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  14:14
• 9
  String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: V. Presto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  5:42
• 10
  String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  1:55
• 11
  String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131: VII. Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:36
• CD 8
• 1
  String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:55
• 2
  String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: II. Presto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  2:04
• 3
  String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:59
• 4
  String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  3:15
• 5
  String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:22
• 6
  String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130: VI. Finale: Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  11:23
• 7
  Fugue for String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 133 "Grosse Fuge": Overtura: Allegro - Fuga

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  16:44
• CD 9
• 1
  String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 "Heiliger Dankgesang": I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  10:01
• 2
  String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 "Heiliger Dankgesang": II. Allegro ma non tanto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  8:43
• 3
  String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 "Heiliger Dankgesang": III. Conzona di ringratiamento: Molto adagio

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  18:05
• 4
  String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132 "Heiliger Dankgesang": IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace - Allegro appassionato

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  9:36
• 5
  String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: I. Allegretto

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:49
• 6
  String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: II. Vivace

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  3:24
• 7
  String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: III. Lento assai cantate e tranquillo

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  7:35
• 8
  String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135: IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro

  Ludwig van Beethoven
  6:57

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Release credits

• Marc Johnson
  cello [3.1-8, 1.1-8, 2.1-8]
• Pierre Menard
  violin [3.1-8, 1.1-8, 2.1-8]
• Richard Young
  viola [3.1-8, 1.1-8, 2.1-8]
• Shmuel Ashkenasi
  violin [2.1-8, 1.1-8, 3.1-8]
• Vermeer Quartet
  string quartet

Issues

• T
  (Combined release view)
• T
  The Complete String Quartets

  9x CD
  1993
• T
  The Complete String Quartets

  9x CD
  2004