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Contents and tracklist

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18 No. 3
Work length22:58
1. Allegro
Track length7:33
2. Andante con moto
Track length7:08
3. Allegro
Track length2:43
4. Presto
Track length5:34
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1
Work length26:42
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-11-23
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Allegro con brio
Track length8:37
2. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
Track length8:49
3. Scherzo. Allegro molto
Track length3:04
4. Allegro
Track length6:12
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
Work length22:31
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1995-01-14
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Allegro
Track length7:23
2. Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
Track length5:54
3. Scherzo. Allegro
Track length4:04
4. Allegro molto, quasi presto
Track length5:10
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
Work length22:37
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1995-04-28
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Allegro ma non tanto
Track length8:09
2. Andante scherzoso, quasi allegretto
Track length7:01
3. Menuetto. Allegretto
Track length3:22
4. Allegro
Track length4:05
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5
Work length26:25
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-10-15
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Allegro
Track length6:18
2. Menuetto
Track length4:57
3. Andante cantabile
Track length8:56
4. Allegro
Track length6:14
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6
Work length24:00
1. Allegro con brio
Track length5:52
2. Adagio ma non troppo
Track length6:52
3. Scherzo. Allegro
Track length3:00
4. La Malinconia. Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro - Adagio - Allegretto - Poco adagio - Prestissimo
Track length8:16
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 'Rasumovsky No. 1'
Work length37:39
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-11-23
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Allegro
Track length10:14
2. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
Track length8:35
3. Adagio molto e mesto
Track length11:40
4. Thème russe. Allegro
Track length7:10
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 'Rasumovsky No. 2'
Work length34:00
1. Allegro
Track length9:12
2. Molto adagio
Track length12:06
3. Allegretto
Track length7:25
4. Finale. Presto
Track length5:17
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Rasumovsky No. 3'
Work length29:25
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-12-17
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Introduzione. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace
Track length10:06
2. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
Track length8:49
3. Menuetto. Grazioso
Track length5:06
4. Allegro molto
Track length5:24
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp'
Work length29:23
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1995-01-14
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Poco adagio - Allegro
Track length9:10
2. Adagio ma non troppo
Track length8:54
3. Presto - Più presto quasi prestissimo
Track length4:46
4. Allegretto con variazioni
Track length6:33
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'
Work length18:45
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-12-17
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Allegro con brio
Track length3:57
2. Allegretto ma non troppo
Track length6:30
3. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
Track length4:02
4. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato
Track length4:16
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
Work length21:19
1. Maestoso - Allegro
Track length6:56
2. Adagio ma non troppo e molto cantabile
Track length14:23
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
Work length14:48
3. Scherzando vivace
Track length8:13
4. Finale
Track length6:35
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Work length8:57
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-03-11
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo
Track length6:13
2. Allegro molto vivace
Track length2:44
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Work length0:44
3. Allegro moderato
Track length0:44
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Work length13:20
4. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile - Più mosso - Andante moderato e lusinghiero - Adagio - Allegretto - Adagio, ma non troppo e semplice - Allegretto
Track length13:20
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
Work length12:41
5. Presto
Track length4:33
6. Adagio quasi un poco andante
Track length1:52
7. Allegro
Track length6:16
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Work length44:59
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-04-29
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
1. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
Track length9:34
2. Allegro ma non tanto
Track length9:25
3. Canzona di ringraziamento offerta alla divinità da un guarito, in modo lidico (Molto adagio) - Sentendo nuova forza (Andante)
Track length17:50
4. Alla marcia, assai vivace - Più allegro - Presto
Track length2:08
5. Allegro appassionato
Track length6:02
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Work length9:21
1. Allegretto
Track length6:20
2. Vivace
Track length3:01
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
Work length13:10
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-04-29
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
3. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
Track length6:49
4. Der schwer gefaßte Entschluß (Grave - Allegro - Grave ma non troppo tratto - Allegro)
Track length6:21
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
Work length13:00
1. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro
Track length13:00
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
Work length1:54
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-04-14
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
2. Presto
Track length1:54
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
Work length6:48
3. Andante con moto ma non troppo. Poco scherzando
Track length6:48
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
Work length10:47
  • Emerson String Quartet (string quartet), Eugene Drucker (violin), Philip Setzer (violin), David Finckel (cello), Lawrence Dutton (viola)
  • Recorded: 1994-04-14
  • Recording Venue: American Academy And Institute Of Arts & Letters, New York
4. Alla danza tedesca (Allegro assai)
Track length3:34
5. Cavatina ( Adagio molto espressivo)
Track length7:13
Beethoven: Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133
Work length14:42
Excerpt,Beethoven: String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
Work length9:50
6. Finale (Allegro)
Track length9:50

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