Beethoven – String Quartet Op.59, No.2 “Rasumovsky” – Végh Quartet – 1952: great compositions/performances

Beethoven – String Quartet Op.59, No.2 “Rasumovsky” – Végh Quartet – 1952

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Ludwig van Beethoven:
The “Rasumovsky” String Quartets, Opus 59
(Rasumowsky-Quartette)

String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59, No. 2
(Streichquartett Nr. 8 in E-moll, Op. 59, Nr. 2)

I. Allegro
II. Molto Adagio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (07:38)
(Si tratta questo pezzo con molto di sentimento)
III. Allegretto. Thème. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (19:59)
IV. Finale. Presto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (28:23)

Végh Quartet:

Sándor Végh, 1st violin
Sándor Zöldy, 2nd violin
Georges Janzer, viola
Paul Szabo, violoncello

(The 1952 Haydn Society Recordings)