Beethoven's String Quartets


Here are Beethoven's String Quartets.




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No. 1 in F major Opus 18 no 1 1800
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz
1.Allegro con brio
2.Adagio affettuso ed appassionato
3.Scherzo: Allegro molto
4.Allegro
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No. 2 in G major Opus 18 no 2 1800
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz
1.Allegro
2.Adagio cantabile
3.Scherzo: Allegro
4.Allegro molto, quasi presto
All Parts

No. 3 in D major Opus 18 no 3 1800
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz
1.Allegro
2.Andante con moto
3.Allegro
4.Presto
All Parts

No. 4 in C minor Opus 18 no 4 1800
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz
1.Allegro ma non tanto
2.Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
3.Menuetto: Allegretto
4.Allegro
All Parts

No. 5 in A major Opus 18 no 5 1800
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz
1.Allegro
2.Menuetto
3.Andante cantabile
4.Allegro
All Parts

No. 6 in B flat major Opus 18 no 6 1800
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz
1.Allegro con brio
2.Adagio ma non troppo
3.Scherzo: Allegro
4.Adagio, 'La Malinconia'
5.Allegretto quasi allegro
All Parts

No. 7 in F major Opus 59 no 1 1806 "Razumovsky Quartets"
Dedicated to Count Razumovsky
1.Allegro ma non tanto
2.Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
3.Adagio molto e mesto
4.Allegro
All Parts

No. 8 in E minor Opus 59 no 2 1806 "Razumovsky Quartets"
Dedicated to Count Razumovsky
1.Allegro
2.Molto adagio
3.Allegretto
4.Finale: Presto
All Parts

No. 9 in C major Opus 59 no 3 1806 "Razumovsky Quartets"
Dedicated to Count Razumovsky
1.Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
2.Andante con moto quasi allegretto
3.Menuetto grazioso
3.Allegro molto
All Parts

No. 10 in E flat major Opus 74 1809 "Harp"
Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz
1.Poco adagio - Allegro
2.Adagio ma non troppo
3.Presto
4.Allegretto con variazioni
All Parts

No. 11 in F minor Opus 95 1814 "Serioso"
Dedicated to Nicolaus Zmeskall. First performed May 1814.
1.Allegro con brio
2.Allegretto ma non troppo
3.Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
4.Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato
All Parts

No. 12 in E flat major Opus 127 1825
Dedicated to Prince Nikolas Galitzin. First performed March 6, 1825.
1.Maestoso - Allegro
2.Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
3.Scherzando vivace
4.Finale
All Parts

No. 13 in B flat major Opus 130 1825
Dedicated to Prince Nikolas Galitzin. First performed on March 21, 1826 with Grosse Fuge ending and then on April 22, 1827 with its present final movement
1.Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
2.Presto
3.Andante con moto ma non troppo
4.Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai
5.Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo
6.Finale: Allegro
All Parts

No. 13 (Grosse Fuge - Original last movement) in B flat major Opus 133 1826
Dedicated to Archduke Rudolph.
1.Overtura: Allegro - Allegro - Fuga

No. 14 in C sharp minor Opus 131 1826
Dedicated to Baron Joseph von Stutterheim
1.Adagio ma non troppe e molto espressivo
2.Allegro molto vivace
3.Allegro moderato
4.Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile
5.Presto
6.Adagio quasi un poco andante
7.Allegro
All Parts

No. 15 in A minor Opus 132 1825
Dedicated to Prince Nikolas Galitzin. First performed November 6, 1825.
1.Assasi sostenuto - Allegro
2.Allegro ma non tanto
3.Molto adagio (Heiliger Dankgesang eines Gesenen au die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart)
4.Alla marcia, assai vivace
5.Piu allegro - Allegro appassionato
All Parts

No. 16 in F major Opus 135 1826
Dedicated to Johann Wolfmayer. First performed March 23, 1828.
1.Allegretto
2.Vivace
3.Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
4.Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro
All Parts



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