Music from Beethoven’s “Heroic” Period – II

Sonata in C, Op. 53 (“Waldstein”)

composed 1803-04published Vienna 1805dedicated to Count Ferdinand von Waldstein

I. Allegro con brioII. Adagio moltoIII. Rondo: Allegretto moderato—Prestissimo

String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 59 No. 2 (“Razumovsky”)

composed 1806published Vienna 1808dedicated to Count Razumovsky

I. AllegroII. Molto adagioIII. AllegrettoIV. Presto

Ignaz Schuppanzigh

“This piece must be played with great feeling”