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String Quartets, Opp. 59, 74, 95
| Composer: | Beethoven, Ludwig van |
| Editor: | Paul Mies |
| Instrumentation: | String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) |
| Publisher: | G. Henle Verlag |
| Item Code: | 51480268 |
| Category: | Print music |
| Description: | The five string quartets in this volume are generally designated as Beethoven's middle quartets, even though stylistically they do not all build a closed unit. More than three years lie between the inception of the three quartets op. 59 (1806) and the quartet op. 74 (1809/10). In the quartets op. 59, Beethoven sprinkled several Russian folksong themes - an homage to Prince Razumovsky, who had commissioned the works.This is why the pieces are often called the Russian Quartets. The next quartet, op. 74 in E flat major, was also given a nickname: thanks to extended pizzicato passages in the first movement, it is frequently called the Harp Quartet. The F minor Quartet op. 95, in turn, bears the autograph title Quartett serioso. All five quartets are mature masterworks which demand high interpretative and technical mastery. |
Table of Contents
- Lied "Frage", Op. 9, No. 1
- Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74 (Harp Quartet)
- Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 (Serioso)
- Razumovsky Quartets, Op. 59 Nos. 1-3 in F major, E minor, and C major
- String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 12