Beethoven: The Complete Opus 18 Quartets

August 2005

This critically acclaimed Beethoven Opus 18 set is the first installment in the Miró Quartet's journey through all of the composer's string quartets. Each of the sets will be recorded when the quartet members' ages are the same as Beethoven's age when he wrote each of the respective quartets. Look out for the Opus 59 set in 2010!

 
Disc 1:
  Quartet No. 1 in F Major
  
  1 Allegro con brio
  2 Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
  3 Scherzo: Allegro
  4 Allegro
  Quartet No. 2 in G Major
  
  1 Allegro
  2 Adagio cantabile
  3 Scherzo: Allegro
  4 Allegro molto, quasi Presto
  Quartet No. 3 in D Major
  
  1 Allegro
  2 Andante con moto
  3 Allegro
  4 Presto



Disc 2:
  Quartet No. 4 in C Minor
  
  1 Allegro ma non tanto
  2 Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
  3 Menuetto: Allegro
  4 Allegro
  Quartet No. 5 in A Major
  
  1 Allegro
  2 Menuetto
  3 Andante cantabile
  4 Allegro
  Quartet No. 6 in B-flat Major
  
  1 Allegro con brio
  2 Adagio ma non troppo
  3 Scherzo: Allegro
  4 La Malinconia: Adagio-Allegretto quasi Allegro