On this recording called ‘Revelations’ we hear the second volume in a complete set of the Beethoven quartets that breaks new ground: it aims to regroup the works according to their position within the three broad creative divisions of Beethoven’s life as:
The formative years, the heroic period, and the late period.
This specific grouping assembles the works that prolonged and consolidated the innovations outlined at the beginning of each of these creative periods. It consists of the following:
String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18 No. 2
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2 ‘Rasumovsky No. 2’
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 ‘Rasumovsky No. 3’
String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 ‘Harp’
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Here is the Cuarteto Casals:
