String Quartets, Volume 6
LUDVIG VAN BEETHOVEN
(1770-1827)
String Quartets, Volume 6
String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 1
31:44
in F major - in F-Dur - en fa majeur
1
I
Allegro con brio
9:48
2
II
Adagio, affetuoso ed appassionato
12:02
3
III
Scherzo. Allegro molto
3:24
4
IV
Allegro
6:31
String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 2
24:01
in G major - in G-Dur - en sol majeur
5
I
Allegro
7:36
6
II
Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
5:56
7
III
Scherzo. Allegro
4:43
8
IV
Allegro molto, quasi presto
5:46
String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 3
26:12
in D major - in D-Dur - en ré majeur
9
I
Allegro
7:59
10
II
Andante con moto
8:02
11
III
Allegro
3:21
12
IV
Presto
6:50
String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 4
24:41
in C minor - in c-Moll - en ut mineur
13
I
Allegro ma non tanto
8:54
14
II
Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
6:48
15
III
Menuetto. Allegretto
4:39
16
IV
Allegro
4:20
String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 5
32:14
in A major - in A-Dur - en la majeur
17
I
Allegro
10:04
18
II
Menuetto
5:53
19
III
Andante cantabile
9:13
20
IV
Allegro
7:04
String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 6
28:03
in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur
21
I
Allegro con brio
9:42
22
II
Adagio ma non troppo
6:47
23
III
Scherzo. Allegro
3:22
24
IV
La Malinconia. Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro -
8:13
Ruben Aharonian
violin
Andrei Abramenkov
violin
Igor Naidin
viola
Valentin Berlinsky
cello
August 2003 (Quartets Nos 1, 4 & 6)
November 2004 (Nos 2 & 5) and 2002-2003 (No. 3)