Beethoven String Quartets

Op. 18: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6

Op. 59: No. 1, No. 2, No. 3
Op. 74
Op. 95
Op. 127
Op. 130
Op. 131
Op. 132
Op. 133
Op. 135

Opus 18 no 1 : String Quartet No. 1 in F major (1800)          

All six quartets in Opus 18 were dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz.

1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio affettuso ed appassionato
3. Scherzo: Allegro molto
4. Allegro

Opus 18 no 2 : String Quartet No. 2 in G major (1800)          

1. Allegro
2. Adagio cantabile
3. Scherzo: Allegro
4. Allegro molto, quasi presto

Opus 18 no 3 : String Quartet No. 3 in D major (1800)          

1. Allegro
2. Andante con moto
3. Allegro
4. Presto

Opus 18 no 4 : String Quartet No. 4 in C minor (1800)          

1. Allegro ma non tanto
2. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto
3. Menuetto: Allegretto
4. Allegro

Opus 18 no 5 : String Quartet No. 5 in A major (1800)          

1. Allegro
2. Menuetto
3. Andante cantabile
4. Allegro

Opus 18 no 6 : String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major (1800)          

1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio ma non troppo
3. Scherzo: Allegro
4. Adagio, `La Malinconia'
5. Allegretto quasi allegro

Opus 59 no 1 : String Quartet No. 7 in F major (1806)          

The three quartets in Opus 59 were dedicated to Count Razumovsky and are known as the `Razumovsky Quartets'.

1. Allegro ma non tanto
2. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
3. Adagio molto e mesto
4. Allegro

Opus 59 no 2 : String Quartet No. 8 in E minor (1806)          

1. Allegro
2. Molto adagio
3. Allegretto
4. Finale: Presto

Opus 59 no 3 : String Quartet No. 9 in C major (1806)          

1. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
2. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
3. Menuetto grazioso
4. Allegro molto

Opus 74 : String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major "Harp" (1809)          

Dedicated to Prince Lobkowitz.

1. Poco adagio - Allegro
2. Adagio ma non troppo
3. Presto
4. Allegretto con variazioni

Opus 95 : String Quartet No. 11 in F minor "Serioso" (1814)          

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

Opus 127 : String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major (1825)          

Dedicated to Prince Nikolas Galitzin. First performed 6 March 1825.

1. Maestoso - Allegro
2. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
3. Scherzando vivace
4. Finale

Opus 130 : String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major (1825)          

Dedicated to Prince Nikolas Galitzin. First performed on 21 March 1826 with Grosse Fuge ending and then on 22 April 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

Opus 131 : String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor (1826)          

Dedicated to Baron Joseph von Stutterheim.

1. Adagio ma non troppo 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

Opus 132 : String Quartet No. 15 in A minor (1825)          

Dedicated to Prince Nikolas Galitzin. First performed 6 November 1825.

1. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
2. Allegro ma non tanto
3. Molto adagio (Heiliger Dankgesang eines Gesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart)
4. Alla marcia, assai vivace
5. Piu allegro - Allegro appassionato

Opus 133 : Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major (1826)          

The original last movement of Opus 130. Dedicated to Archduke Rudolph.

1. Overtura: Allegro - Allegro - Fuga

Opus 135 : String Quartet No. 16 in F major (1826)          

Dedicated to Johann Wolfmayer. First performed 23 March 1828.

1. Allegretto
2. Vivace
3. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
4. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro