String Quartet In F Major, Opus 18 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 18 No. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 18 No. 1: III. Scherzo: Allegro molto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 18 No. 1: IV. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In G Major, Opus 18 No. 2: I. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In G Major, Opus 18 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In G Major, Opus 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo: Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In G Major, Opus 18 No. 2: IV. Allegro molto quasi Presto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In D Major, Opus 18 No. 3: I. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In D Major, Opus 18 No. 3: II. Andante - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In D Major, Opus 18 No. 3: III. Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In D Major, Opus 18 No. 3: IV. Presto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Track Listings (12) - Disc #2
String Quartet In C Minor, Opus 18 No. 4: I. Allegro ma non tanto - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In C Minor, Opus 18 No. 4: II Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In C Minor, Opus 18 No. 4: III. Menuetto e Trio: Allegretto - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In C Minor, Opus 18 No. 4: IV. Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In A Major, Opus 18 No. 5: I. Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In A Major, Opus 18 No. 5: II. Menuetto e Trio - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In A Major, Opus 18 No. 5: III. Andante cantabile - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In A Major, Opus 18 No. 5: IV. Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 18 No. 6: II. Adagio ma non troppo - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 18 No. 6: III. Scherzo e Trio: Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 18 No. 6: IV. La Malinconia: Adagio - Allegretto quasi Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
Track Listings (8) - Disc #3
String Quartet In C Major, Opus 29: I. Allegro moderato - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In C Major, Opus 29: II. Adagio molto espressivo - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In C Major, Opus 29: III. Scherzo & Trio: Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In C Major, Opus 29: IV. Presto - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 59 No. 1 'Razumovsky': I. Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 59 No. 1 'Razumovsky': II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 59 No. 1 'Razumovsky': III. Adagio molto e mesto - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 59 No. 1 'Razumovsky': IV. Theme Russe: Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
Track Listings (8) - Disc #4
String Quartet In E Minor, Opus 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky': I. Allegro - Beethoven
String Quartet In E Minor, Opus 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky': II. Molto Adagio - Beethoven
String Quartet In E Minor, Opus 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky': III. Allegretto - Beethoven
String Quartet In E Minor, Opus 59 No. 2 'Razumovsky': IV. Finale: Presto - Beethoven
String Quartet In C Major, Opus 59 No. 3 'Razumovsky': I. Introduzione: Andante con moto - Allegro vivace - Beethoven
String Quartet In C Major, Opus 59 No. 3 'Razumovsky': II. Andante con moto quasi Allegretto - Beethoven
String Quartet In C Major, Opus 59 No. 3 'Razumovsky': III. Menuetto: Grazioso - Beethoven
String Quartet In C Major, Opus 59 No. 3 'Razumovsky': IV. Allegro molto - Beethoven
Track Listings (8) - Disc #5
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 74 'Harp': I. Poco Adagio - Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 74 'Harp': II. Adagio ma non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 74 'Harp': III. Presto - Piu presto quasi prestissimo - Tempo 1 - Piu presto quasi prestissimo - Tempo 1 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 74 'Harp': IV. Allegretto con Variazioni - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In F Minor, Opus 95 'Quartetto serioso': I. Allegro con brio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In F Minor, Opus 95 'Quartetto serioso': II. Allegretto ma non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In F Minor, Opus 95 'Quartetto serioso': III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In F Minor, Opus 95 'Quartetto serioso': IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Track Listings (7) - Disc #6
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 130: I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 130: II. Presto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 130: III. Andante con moto ma non troppo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 130: IV. Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 130: V. Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 130: VI. Gosse Fuge, Op.133 - Original Finale of Op. 130 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In B Flat Major, Opus 130: VII. Finale (Allegro) - Replacement Finale of Op. 130 - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Track Listings (11) - Disc #7
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 127: III. Scherzando vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In E Flat Major, Opus 127: IV. Finale - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In C Sharp Minor, Opus 131: No. 1 Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In C Sharp Minor, Opus 131: No. 2 Allegro molto vivace - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In C Sharp Minor, Opus 131: No. 3 Allegro moderato - Adagio - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In C Sharp Minor, Opus 131: No. 4 Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In C Sharp Minor, Opus 131: No. 5 Presto - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In C Sharp Minor, Opus 131: No. 6 Adagio quasi un poco andante - Ludwig Van Beethoven
String Quartet In C Sharp Minor, Opus 131: No. 7 Allegro - Ludwig Van Beethoven
Track Listings (9) - Disc #8
String Quartet In A minor, Opus 132: I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In A minor, Opus 132: II. Allegro ma non tanto - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In A minor, Opus 132: IV. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenen an die Gottheit in der Lydischen Tonart: Molto adagio - Andante - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In A minor, Opus 132: I.V Alla Marcia, assai vivace - Piu allegro - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In A minor, Opus 132: V. Allegro appassionato - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 135: I. Allegretto - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 135: II. Vivace - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 135: III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo - L.V. Beethoven
String Quartet In F Major, Opus 135: IV. Grave ma non troppo - Allegro - L.V. Beethoven
Barrie W. Bracken | Daytona Beach, FL | 04/18/2010
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I have been a Beethoven fan for the past 60 years. If you want a review by a music critic, find someone else. I studied the guitar as a child and the teacher finally followed his conscience and told my expectant parents that further lessons would be a waste of their money. I may have only a vague notion of what differenciates as quarter note from a whole note, but I know what I like. I like Beethoven and I like these recordings.
True, I may have a strong preference for Ludwig because the cat I inherited from my wife only likes Mozart, but this doesn't affect the value of these CD's. They sound great. The price is good. The package should come with opening instructions (I spent half an hour with a screw driver trying to get the discs our) but this is the only complaint of this music lover.
If you enjoy good music, this is for you. Order it, smash the plastic housing with an axe, and listen. You too will love it."
Overall, great value
HB | Fort Mill, SC | 01/25/2006
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I have not heard too many entire sets of the Beethoven Quartets but I would be shocked if there is one set with 16 outstanding performances. It just does not happen. This bargain set has 13 excellent performances out of 17 (it also includes the opus 29 quintet). The weak performances are from opus 18: Nos. 1, 4 and 6 plus opus 95. I found the rest to be quite wonderful, especially opus 74, 127 and 135. This 8 CD set costs the same as two full-priced CDs. You can't go wrong at that price."
An incredible bargain - but certainly not cut price in quali
Ralph Moore | Bishop's Stortford, UK | 02/10/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have loved this eight disc set ever since I bought it shortly after its release in 1994 and have never found any reason to replace it with a more expensive version by a more "glamorous" quartet. Thse are deeply felt yet unfussy performances, beautifully in tune, technically impeccable and responsive to all the shades of dynamic and tone that this incredible music requires. I particularly love the hushed rapture of the slow movements, such as the famous Cavatina in Op. 130, but the Medici are equally adept in capturing the grim, savage glee of Beethoven's wilder effusions in the "Grosse Fuge". I made a point of comparing their version with the celebrated Takacs Quartet account of the later quartets, and while I admired the Takacs' elegance and subtlety, their interpretation was simply too urbane, too civilised and lacking the attack and energy that the Medici bring to these strange and wonderful works. I have bought this set for friends - easy, even at "full" price - who now share my enthusiasm for these performances and you can now pick them up from Amazon Marketplace at knock-down prices. Don't hesitate; save your money for other, more expensive items on your wish list and make this your set of Beethoven string quartets."