| 作曲者 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)・ルートヴィヒ・ヴァン・ベートーヴェン |
| タイトル | String Quartets, vol. 2（ポケット・スコア） |
| 出版社 | G. Henle Verlag |
| 楽器編成 | string quartet |
| 品番 | 9790201892689 |
| 形状 | 312 g・ソフトカバー |
| 出版番号 | HN 9268 |
| ISMN | 979-0-2018-9268-9 |
| その他 | op. 59/1-3・op. 74・op. 95 |
The five string quartets in this volume are generally designated as Beethoven’s “middle quartets, ” even though stylistically they do not all build a closed unit. More than three years lie between the inception of the three quartets op. 59 (1806) and the quartet op. 74 (1809/10). In the quartets op. 59, Beethoven sprinkled several Russian folksong themes – an homage to Prince Razumovsky, who had commissioned the works.This is why the pieces are often called the “Russian Quartets.” The next quartet, op. 74 in E flat major, was also given a nickname: thanks to extended pizzicato passages in the first movement, it is frequently called the “Harp Quartet”. The f minor Quartet op. 95, in turn, bears in the autograph title “Quartett serioso.” All five quartets are mature masterworks which demand high interpretative and technical mastery.
Quartet F major op. 59, 1 [Rasumowsky] - Quartet E minor op. 59, 2 [Rasumowsky] - Quartet C major op. 59, 3 [Rasumowsky] - Quartet E flat majeur op. 74 [Harp Quartet] - Quartet f minor op. 95