The Beethoven 200 series reaches its final chapter with four quartets spanning the luminous, the intense, and the profoundly resolved. The Harp Quartet reveals Beethoven’s expansive lyricism, while the Serioso distills his voice into fierce concentration. Op. 130 follows with the graceful 1826 finale Beethoven composed in place of the Große Fuge, before the cycle concludes with Op. 135, his final completed quartet and a work of striking simplicity, wit, and quiet resolution.
Beethoven | String Quartet Op. 74 in E-flat major, Harp Beethoven | String Quartet Op. 95 in F minor, Serioso Beethoven | String Quartet Op. 130 in B-flat major (with 1826 Finale) Beethoven | String Quartet Op. 135 in F major
