Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 132 and Hess 34 - Kodály Quartet

Beethoven developed the string quartet to the point where many consider it reached its peak of perfection. His mastery of the form is exemplified in the Opus 132 quartet in A minor, a late quartet whose slow movement is a song of thanksgiving by the composer for recovery from a period of illness. The intensity of the quartet creates a new sound world which was to influence many later composers. To his cycle of quartets, Beethoven added a transcription of one of his best-known piano sonatas, No. 9 in E major, Opus 14.

Beethoven, Ludwig van

 String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132

 String Quartet in F Major, Hess 34 (arr. of Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 14, No. 1)