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LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Complete String Quartets Tokyo String Quartet

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    For over forty years, the world-famous Tokyo String Quartet (1969-2013) was at the forefront of chamber music-making and set the standard for small-ensemble performance. With some 40 landmark recordings, its discography culminated in this now legendary cycle of the complete Beethoven string quartets.

    ‘The Tokyo’s Beethoven is both grounded and weightless, carved in granite and floating on air.’ – The Boston Globe

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    Contents


    LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN [1770-1827]
    Quartet I in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
    · I. Allegro con brio (9'09)
    · II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato (8'54)
    · III. Scherzo (Allegro molto) (3'15)
    · IV. Allegro (6'07)
    Quartet II in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
    · I. Allegro (7'24)
    · II. Adagio cantabile - Allegro (5'40)
    · III. Scherzo (Allegro) - Trio (4'19)
    · IV. Allegro molto, quasi Presto (5'09)
    Quartet III in D major, Op. 18, No. 3
    · I. Allegro (7'09)
    · II. Andante con moto (6'49)
    · III. Allegro (2'52)
    · IV. Presto (5'53)


    Quartet IV in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
    · I. Allegro ma non tanto (8'38)
    · II. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto (6'43)
    · III. Menuetto (Allegro) - Trio (3'29)
    · IV. Allegretto (4'20)
    Quartet V in A major, Op. 18, No. 5
    · I. Allegro (6'34)
    · II. Menuetto - Trio (4'50)
    · III. Andante cantabile (9'35)
    · IV. Allegro (6'18)
    Quartet VI in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6
    · I. Allegro con brio (5'52)
    · II. Adagio ma non troppo (6'29)
    · III. Scherzo (Allegro) - Trio (3'22)
    · IV. La Malinconia (Adagio - Allegretto quasi Allegro) (7'27)


    Quartet VII in F major, Op. 59, No. 1 ("Razumovsky")
    · I. Allegro (11'05)
    · II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando (9'13)
    · III. Adagio molto e mesto (12'19)
    · IV. Thème russe: Allegro (7'59)
    Quartet VIII in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2 ("Razumovsky")
    · I. Allegro (10'15)
    · II. Molto adagio (12'28)
    · III. Allegretto (7'46)
    · IV. Finale: Presto (5'45)


    Quartet IX in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 ("Razumovsky")
    · I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace (10'43)
    · II. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto (9'20)
    · III. Menuetto: Grazioso (5'23)
    · IV. Finale: Allegro molto (5'51)


    Quartet X in E-flat major, Op. 74 (1809)
    · I. Poco Adagio - Allegro (9'36)
    · II. Adagio ma non troppo (9'42)
    · III. Presto (5'05)
    · IV. Allegretto con Variazioni (6'38)
    Quartet XI in F minor, Op. 95 (1810)
    · I. Allegro con brio (4'39)
    · II. Allegretto ma non troppo (7'04)
    · III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso (4'45)
    · IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato (4'55)


    Quartet XII in E-flat major, Op. 127 (1824)
    · I. Maestoso - Allegro (6'33)
    · II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile (13'41)
    · III. Scherzando vivace (8'19)
    · IV. Finale (6'55)
    Quartet XIV in C-sharp minor, Op. 131 (1826)
    · I. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo (6'17)
    · II. Allegro molto vivace (2'58)
    · III. Allegro moderato - Adagio (0'46)
    · IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile (13'48)
    · V. Presto (5'02)
    · VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante (1'56)
    · VII. Allegro (6'34)


    Quartet XIII in B-flat major, Op. 130 (1826)
    · I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro (13'04)
    · II. Presto (2'03)
    · III. Andante con moto ma non troppo (6'59)
    · IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai (3'34)
    · V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo (6'17)
    · Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 (1826) (16'19)
    · VI. Finale. Allegro (10'06)


    Quartet XV in A minor, Op. 132 (1825)
    · I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro (9'17)
    · II. Allegro ma non tanto (9'10)
    · III. Molto adagio (16'04)
    · IV. Alla Marcia, assai vivace (2'17)
    · V. Allegro appassionato (6'43)
    Quartet XVI in F major, Op. 135 (1826)
    · I. Allegretto (6'26)
    · II. Vivace (3'21)
    · III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo (6'50)
    · IV. Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro (6'57)

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