The third Razumovsky Quartet has, despite Count Razumovsky’s request, no Russian folk tune embedded in it, but what it does have is a most scintillating fugal finale!
Moving on from the sound world of the major works that cluster around 1806 – the date of the three Razumovsky Quartets – there are two isolated works: the so-called Harp Quartet (E-flat, Op. 74, 1809) and the fascinating little Quartetto Serioso (f, Op. 95, 1810). This latter was an experiment which was intended, according to the composer “for a small circle of connoisseurs” and, he stipulated, “never to be performed in public”.
If you have the time, it’s really worth listening to all three!
Introduzione. Andante con moto, Allegro vivace – 0:00
Andante con moto quasi Allegretto – 11:36
Menuetto grazioso – 22:18
Allegro molto – 27:18
Poco adagio – Allegro 0:00
Adagio ma non troppo 10:13
Presto – Piu Presto Quasi Prestissimo – Attacca 20:01
Allegretto con Variazioni 25:12
0:00 Allegro con brio
4:55 Allegretto ma non troppo
12:20 Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
17:15 Larghetto espressivo
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