Beethoven
Complete String Quartets

Medici String Quartet








Disc One
1String Quartet in F major, Opus 18 No.1I Allegro con brio9.20
2II Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato11.09
3III Scherzo: Allegro molto3.23
4IV Allegro6.31
5String Quartet in G major, Opus 18 No.2I Allegro7.12
6II AQdagio cantabile5.23
7III Scherzo: Allegro4.18
8IV Allegro molto quasi Presto5.50
9String Quartet in D major, Opus 18 No.3I Allegro8.49
10II Andante8.01
11III Allegro2.58
12IV Presto6.55
Disc Two
1String Quartet in C minor, Opus 18 No.4I Allegro ma non tanto8.57
2II Scherzo: Andante Scherzoso quasi Allegretto6.54
3III Menuetto e Trio: Allegretto3.22
4IV Allegro4.11
5String Quartet in A major, Opus 18 No.5I Allegro6.49
6II Menuetto e Trio4.36
7III Andante cantabile9.52
8IV Allegro6.49
9String Quartet in B flat major, Opus 18 No.6I Allegro con brio6.54
10II Adagio ma non troppo6.26
11III Scherzo e Trio: Allegro3.40
12IV La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi Allegro7.02
Disc Three
Simon Rowland-Jones, viola
1String Quintet in C major, Opus 29I Allegro moderato11.09
2II Adagio molto espressivo10.14
3III Scherzo & Trio: Allegro3.58
4IV Presto8.29
5String Quartet in F major, Opus 59 No.1 'Razumovsky'I Allegro9.57
6II Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando8.50
7III Adagio molto e mesto12.08
8IV Theme Russe: Allegro8.40
Disc Four
1String Quartet in E minor, Opus 59 No.2 'Razumovsky'I Allegro11.46
2II Molto Adagio10.47
3III Allegretto7.05
4IV Finale: Presto5.53
5String Quartet in C major, Opus 59 No.3 'Razumovsky'I Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace10.43
6II Andante con moto quasi Allegretto8.47
7III Menuetto: Grazioso4.48
8IV Allegro molto6.49
Disc Five
1String Quartet in E flat major, Opus 74 'Harp'I Poco Adagio - Allegro9.51
2II Adagio ma non troppo8.59
3III Presto - Piu presto quasi prestissimo - Tempo 15.23
4IV Allegretto con Variazioni6.31
5String Quartet in F minor, Opus 95 'Quartetto serioso'I Allegro con brio4.50
6II Allegretto ma non troppo5.55
7III Allegro assai vivace ma serioso4.43
8IV Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro4.28
Disc Six
1String Quartet in B flat major, Opus 130I Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro12.12
2II Presto2.17
3III Andante con moto ma non troppo5.48
4IV Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai3.25
5V Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo6.40
6VI Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 - original finale of Op. 13016.49
7VII Finale (Allegro) - replacement Finale of Op. 13010.09
Disc Seven
1String Quartet in E flat major, Opus 127I Maestoso - Allegro6.32
2II Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile14.20
3III Scherzando vivace9.03
4IV Finale6.50
5String Quartet in C sharp minor, Opus 131No. 1 Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo6.56
6No. 2 Allegro molto vivace3.03
7No. 3 Allegro moderato - Adagio0.40
8No. 4 Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile14.11
9No. 5 Presto6.08
10No. 6 Adagio quasi un poco andante2.02
11No. 7 Allegro6.25
Disc Eight
1String Quartet in A minor, Opus 132I Assai sostenuto - Allegro8.59
2II Allegro ma non tanto8.15
3III Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit in der Lydischen Tonart Molto adagio - Andante17.49
4IV Alla Marcia, assai vivace - Piu allegro -2.08
5V Allegro appassionato6.25
6String Quartet in F major, Opus 135I Allegretto6.09
7II Vivace3.31
8III Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo6.48
9IV Grave ma non troppo - Allegro6.50
All discs recorded at The Maltings, Snape, Aldeburgh.
Disc 1: 2-4 December 1988; Disc 2: 13-16 December 1988;
Disc 3: 17-19 April 1989; Disc 4: 17-19 April 1989;
Disc 5: 8-10 January 1990; Disc 6: 22-24 January 1990;
Disc 7: 2-3 March 1990; Disc 8: Op. 132 recorded 21-22 February and Op. 135 on 30-31 January 1990.

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