Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartet No. 14, Op. 131

- Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (17 December 1770 -- 26 March 1827) - Performers: Takács Quartet - Year of recording: 2003 String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131, written in 1826. 00:00 - 1. Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo 08:03 - 2. Allegro molto vivace 11:00 - 3. Allegro moderato 11:43 - 4. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile 25:10 - 5. Presto 30:12 - 6. Adagio quasi un poco andante 32:30 - 7. Allegro Despite its opus number, this quartet came after the “Fifteenth“ Op. 132 from 1825, one of three composed to meet a commission from Prince Nikolai Golitzin. The others were Nos. 12 and 13. Like the Thirteenth and Fifteenth, this C sharp minor Quartet consists of more than the usual three or four movements. There are, in fact, seven movements to this massive work, and its form, as one might suspect, is also most unusual. - The quartet begins with a fugue, marked Adagio ma non troppo e molto espressivo. The mood