Ludwig van Beethoven: Complete String Quartets Vol. 8

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 Belcea Quartet Corina Belcea, violin Axel Schacher, violin Kzsysztof Chorzelski, viola Antoine Lederlin, cello 1. Allegro 2. Molto Adagio 3. Allegretto 4. Finale: Presto Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2, was composed in 1806 and published in January 1808. It is the second of three quartets dedicated to Prince Andrei Razumovsky, whose name it bears. This quartet was composed during the very fertile year of 1806, which also saw the composition of the two other quartets of the same opus (No. 7 and No. 9); the Fourth Piano Concerto; the Fourth Symphony; and the Violin Concerto. Beethoven composed it very quickly, and it was 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 title is in French: “Three Quartets for two vi