Music from Beethoven’s “Heroic” Period – II
Sonata in C, Op. 53 (“Waldstein”) composed 1803-04 published Vienna 1805 dedicated to Count Ferdinand von Waldstein I. Allegro con brio II. Adagio molto III. Rondo: Allegretto moderato—Prestissimo
String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 (“Razumovsky”) composed 1806 published Vienna 1808 dedicated to Count Razumovsky I. Allegro II. Molto adagio III. Allegretto IV. Presto
Ignaz Schuppanzigh
“This piece must be played with great feeling”