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The Auryn Series: Beethoven String Quartets, Vol. 2

Ludwig van Beethoven · 2004

141 min · 16 tracks · classical music

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Elevation

Our rating, out of 100 — and why.

AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.

Instrumental
85 /100
Summit
Higher than 97% of albums we've rated

The quartet writing is exceptionally varied in scale and texture; complete works give the program substance, though its non-chronological ordering makes the overall arc less point…

What we noticed

  • The program gives each of four quartets all its movements, but places Op. 59 No. 3 before No. 2 rather than following opus order.
  • Op. 59 No. 1 moves from a quick opening through a marked slow third movement to a finale built around a Russian theme.
  • Op. 74 closes the program; its first movement’s repeated plucked-string figures give way to an Adagio, a fast scherzo, and a variation finale.
Composition 25% of the score
9/10

the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics

Craft 20% of the score
7/10

production, performance, arrangement

Durability 25% of the score
8/10

whether it rewards returning to it

Distinctiveness 18% of the score
8/10

whether it sounds like itself

Sequencing 12% of the score
6/10

running order, pacing, length

Influence 2/10

Little footprint beyond its audience. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.

Tracklist

Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.

Disc 1

  • 1 String Quartet no. 7 in F major, op. 59 no. 1 “Razumovsky”: I. Allegro 10:51
  • 2 String Quartet no. 7 in F major, op. 59 no. 1 “Razumovsky”: II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando 9:24
  • 3 String Quartet no. 7 in F major, op. 59 no. 1 “Razumovsky”: III. Adagio molto e mesto 12:00
  • 4 String Quartet no. 7 in F major, op. 59 no. 1 “Razumovsky”: IV. Thème russe. Allegro 8:02
  • 5 String Quartet no. 9 in C major, op. 59 no. 3 “Razumovsky”: I. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace 11:06
  • 6 String Quartet no. 9 in C major, op. 59 no. 3 “Razumovsky”: II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto 9:07
  • 7 String Quartet no. 9 in C major, op. 59 no. 3 “Razumovsky”: III. Menuetto. Grazioso 4:46
  • 8 String Quartet no. 9 in C major, op. 59 no. 3 “Razumovsky”: IV. Allegro molto 6:06

Disc 2

  • 1 String Quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 “Razumovsky”: I. Allegro 14:05
  • 2 String Quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 “Razumovsky”: II. Molto adagio 12:37
  • 3 String Quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 “Razumovsky”: III. Allegretto 7:23
  • 4 String Quartet no. 8 in E minor, op. 59 no. 2 “Razumovsky”: IV. Finale. Presto 6:02
  • 5 String Quartet no. 10 in E‐flat major, op. 74 “Harp”: I. Poco adagio - Allegro 9:35
  • 6 String Quartet no. 10 in E‐flat major, op. 74 “Harp”: II. Adagio ma non troppo 8:40
  • 7 String Quartet no. 10 in E‐flat major, op. 74 “Harp”: III. Presto - Più presto quasi prestissimo 4:50
  • 8 String Quartet no. 10 in E‐flat major, op. 74 “Harp”: IV. Allegretto con variazioni 6:55

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