Complete Beethoven Edition, Volume 11: The Early Quartets

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1: I. Allegro con brio
  7:03
• 2
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
  8:34
• 3
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
  3:12
• 4
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 1 in F major, op. 18 no. 1: IV. Allegro
  5:50
• 5
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2: I. Allegro
  5:43
• 6
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2: II. Adagio cantabile – Allegro – Tempo I
  6:19
• 7
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
  4:18
• 8
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 2 in G major, op. 18 no. 2: IV. Allegro molto, quasi Presto
  5:47
• 9
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3: I. Allegro
  5:42
• 10
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3: II. Andante con moto
  7:59
• 11
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3: III. Allegro
  3:03
• 12
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello no. 3 in D major, op. 18 no. 3: IV. Presto
  4:51
• CD 2
• 1
  Quartet no. 4 in C minor for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 4: I. Allegro ma non tanto
  6:34
• 2
  Quartet no. 4 in C minor for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 4: II. Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto
  5:37
• 3
  Quartet no. 4 in C minor for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 4: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
  3:44
• 4
  Quartet no. 4 in C minor for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 4: IV. Allegro
  4:27
• 5
  Quartet no. 5 in A major for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 5: I. Allegro
  4:50
• 6
  Quartet no. 5 in A major for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 5: II. Minuetto
  4:54
• 7
  Quartet no. 5 in A major for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 5: III. Andante cantabile con variazioni
  10:17
• 8
  Quartet no. 5 in A major for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 5: IV. Allegro
  5:02
• 9
  Quartet no. 6 in B‐flat major for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 6: I. Allegro con brio
  4:28
• 10
  Quartet no. 6 in B‐flat major for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 6: II. Adagio, ma non troppo
  7:36
• 11
  Quartet no. 6 in B‐flat major for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 6: III. Scherzo. Allegro
  3:24
• 12
  Quartet no. 6 in B‐flat major for Violins, Viola, Cello, op. 18 no. 6: IV. Adagio “La Malinconia” – Allegretto quasi allegro
  8:35
• CD 3
• 1
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in E major, Hess 34 (transcribed from “Sonata for Piano, op. 14 no. 1”): I. Allegro moderato
  7:08
• 2
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in E major, Hess 34 (transcribed from “Sonata for Piano, op. 14 no. 1”): II. Allegretto
  3:35
• 3
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in E major, Hess 34 (transcribed from “Sonata for Piano, op. 14 no. 1”): III. Allegro
  3:38
• 4
  Prelude and Fugue for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in F major, Hess 30: Prelude
  3:38
• 5
  Prelude and Fugue for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in F major, Hess 30: Fugue
  3:23
• 6
  Prelude and Fugue for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in C major, Hess 31: Prelude
  2:24
• 7
  Prelude and Fugue for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in C major, Hess 31: Fugue
  2:43
• 8
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in F major, Hess 32/Op. 18 no. 1 (first version): I. Allegro con brio
  9:15
• 9
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in F major, Hess 32/Op. 18 no. 1 (first version): II. Adagio molto
  8:32
• 10
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in F major, Hess 32/Op. 18 no. 1 (first version): III. Scherzo. Allegro
  3:15
• 11
  Quartet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in F major, Hess 32/Op. 18 no. 1 (first version): IV. Allegretto
  6:32
• 12
  Minuet for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello in A‐flat major, Hess 33
  1:20
• 13
  Fugue for 2 Violins, Viola, and Cello, Hess 36 (transcribed from Handel’s “Solomon, HWV 67: Overture”)
  2:33

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Release credits

• Amadeus Quartet
  string quartet [2.1-12, 1.1-12, 3.1-3]
• Clemens Hagen
  cello [8-13]
• Eberhard Freiberger
  viola [4-7]
• Elsa Schiller
  executive [2.1-12, 1.1-12]
• Gunar Kaltofen
  violin [4-7]
• Günther Stephan
  cello [4-7]
• Hagen Quartett
  string quartet [8-13]
• Heinz Wildhagen
  balance [1.1-12, 3.1-3, 2.1-12]
• Lukas Hagen
  violin [8-13]
• Martin Lovett
  cello [1.1-12, 3.1-3, 2.1-12]
• Mendelssohn-Quartett
  string quartet [4-7]
• Norbert Brainin
  violin [3.1-3, 2.1-12, 1.1-12]
• Peter Schidlof
  viola [1.1-12, 2.1-12, 3.1-3]
• Rainer Schmidt
  violin [8-13]
• Roald Reinecke
  violin [4-7]
• Siegmund Nissel
  violin [3.1-3, 1.1-12, 2.1-12]
• Veronika Hagen
  viola [8-13]
• Wolfgang Lohse
  producer [1.1-12, 2.1-12, 3.1-3]
• Wolfgang Mitlehner
  balance [8-13], producer [8-13]
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  Complete Beethoven Edition, Volume 11: The Early Quartets

  3x CD
  9 December 1997