Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Vol. 7

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 Belcea Quartet Corina Belcea, violin Axel Schacher, violin Krzysztof Chorzelski, viola Antoine Lederlin, cello 1. Allegro 2. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando 3. Adagio molto e mesto 4. Russian Theme: Allegro Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1, was composed between May and July 1806 and published in January 1808. It is the first of three quartets dedicated to Prince Andrei Razumovsky, after whom it is named. This quartet was written during the very fertile year of 1806, which also saw the composition of the two other quartets of the same opus (No. 8 and No. 9); the Fourth Piano Concerto; the Fourth Symphony; and the Violin Concerto. It was composed very quickly and premiered by the Schuppanzigh quartet the following year. The original edition was provided in Vienna by the Bureau of Art and Industry between the summer of 1807 and January 1808. The tit