Ludwig van Beethoven — The String Quartets (Gewandhaus-Quartett & Former members of the Gewandhaus-Quartet in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister) — 10 CDs, 1916 (1996-2003/2006) FLAC

Disc 1:
String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
1. I. Allegro con brio 8:44
2. II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato 9:28
3. III. Scherzo: Allegro molto 3:27
4. IV. Allegro 6:30
String Quartet No. 2 in G major, Op. 18, No. 2
5. I. Allegro 7:39
6. II. Adagio cantabile 5:31
7. III. Scherzo: Allegro 4:27
8. IV. Allegro molto quasi presto 5:16
Disc 2:
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 18, No. 3
1. I. Allegro 8:05
2. II. Andante con moto 7:16
3. III. Allegro 3:40
4. IV. Presto 6:49
String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
5. I. Allegro ma non tanto 8:23
6. II. Scherzo: Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto 6:52
7. III. Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio 3:48
8. IV. Allegro – Prestissimo 4:14
Disc 3:
String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18, No. 5
1. I. Allegro 9:51
2. II. Menuetto 5:13
3. III. Andante cantabile 8:38
4. IV. Allegro 6:55
String Quartet No. 6 in B flat major, Op. 18, No. 6
5. I. Allegro con brio 9:07
6. II. Adagio ma non troppo 6:55
7. III. Scherzo: Allegro 3:23
8. IV. La Malinconia: Adagio – Allegretto quasi allegro 7:51
Disc 4:
String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59, No. 1, “Rasumovsky”
1. I. Allegro 9:27
2. II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando 8:32
3. III. Adagio molto e mesto – 11:13
4. IV. Theme russe: Allegro 8:10
Disc 5:
String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2, “Rasumovsky”
1. I. Allegro 14:21
2. II. Molto adagio 12:41
3. III. Allegretto 7:13
4. IV. Finale: Presto 5:36
String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74, “Harp”
5. I. Poco adagio – Allegro 9:31
6. II. Adagio ma non troppo 9:46
7. III. Presto 5:05
8. IV. Allegretto con variazioni 6:32
Disc 6:
String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, “Rasumovsky”
1. I. Introduzione: Andante con moto – Allegro vivace 10:42
2. II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto 9:45
3. III. Menuetto: Grazioso – 5:01
4. IV. Allegro molto 6:08
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95, “Serioso”
5. I. Allegro con brio 4:15
6. II. Allegretto ma non troppo 6:30
7. III. Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso 4:39
8. IV. Larghetto espressivo – Allegretto agitato – Allegro 4:54
Disc 7:
String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
1. I. Maestoso – Allegro 6:16
2. II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile – Andante con moto – 15:59
3. III. Scherzando vivace – Presto – Tempo I 7:36
4. IV. Finale 7:33
String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
5. I. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto espressivo – 6:22
6. II. Allegro molto vivace – 3:00
7. III. Allegro moderato – Adagio – 0:49
8. IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile 13:50
9. V. Presto – Molto poco adagio – 5:56
10. VI. Adagio quasi un poco andante – 1:53
11. VII. Allegro 6:21
Disc 8:
String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
1. I. Adagio ma non troppo – Allegro 8:54
2. II. Presto 2:01
3. III. Andante con moto, ma non troppo 6:38
4. IV. Alla danza tedesca: Allegro assai 3:28
5. V. Cavatina: Adagio molto espressivo – 6:40
6. VI. Finale: Allegro 8:13
Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133
7. Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 16:02
Disc 9:
String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
1. I. Assai sostenuto – Allegro 9:16
2. II. Allegro ma non tanto 9:17
3. III. Heiliger Dankgesang eines Genesenden an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart: Molto adagio – Neue Kraftfuhtend: Andante – Molto adagio 16:21
4. IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace – Piu allegro – 2:12
5. V. Allegro appassionato 6:51
String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
6. I. Allegretto 6:06
7. II. Vivace 3:21
8. III. Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo 6:34
9. IV. Der schwer gefasste Entschluss: Grave, ma non troppo tratto – Allegro 6:28
Disc 10:
Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister (Including audio examples)
String Quartet No. 14 (rec. 1916)
1. IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile (excerpt) 3:58
2. V. Presto – Molto poco adagio (excerpt) 3:59
3. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Gerhard Bosse in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Gerhard Bosse 1:38
String Quartet No. 10 (rec. 1968)
4. I. Poco adagio – Allegro (excerpt) 2:30
5. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Gerhard Bosse in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Gerhard Bosse 4:22
String Quartet No. 10 (rec. 1968)
6. III. Presto (excerpt) 3:35
7. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Dietmar Hallmann in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Dietmar Hallmann 3:20
String Quartet No. 10 (rec. 1968)
8. IV. Allegretto con variazioni (excerpt) 2:12
9. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Dietmar Hallmann in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Dietmar Hallmann 4:05
String Quartet No. 14 (rec. 1985)
10. III. Allegro moderato – Adagio – IV. Andante, ma non troppo e molto cantabile (excerpt) 8:03
11. Conversations with Martin Hoffmeister: Prof. Karl Suske in conversation with Martin Hoffmeister Karl Suske 3:56
String Quartet in F major, Hess 34 (arr. of Piano Sonata in E major, Op. 14, No. 1) (rec. 1997)
12. I. Allegro moderato 6:20
13. II. Allegretto 3:40
14. III. Allegro 3:40