Presumed Beethoven - The Six String Quartets, Anh. 2

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Arcana
Release Date
July 3, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Ludwig van Beethoven
    • PERFORMER
      Quartetto Alla Maniera Italiana
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 03, 2026
    • UPC
      3760195735916
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A591
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    2. II. Adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    3. III. Rondo: Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    4. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    5. II. Adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    6. III. Rondo: Allegro assai

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    7. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    8. II. Romance: Larghetto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    9. III. Rondo: Presto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    10. I. Largo: Fantesia -

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    11. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    12. II. Menuetto: Moderato - Trio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    13. III. Rondo: Prestino

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    14. I. Allegro

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    15. II. Adagio

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    16. III. Rondo: Allegro molto

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    17. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble

    18. II. Andante con variazioni

      Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

      Ensemble: Alla Maniera Italiana Ensemble


In 1927, at the time of the first Beethoven centenary, the celebrated French musicologist Saint-Foix drew attention to an anonymous manuscript collection of six quartets that once belonged to the publisher Domenico (III) Artaria and is today preserved at the Berlin State Library. He conjectured that these pieces could be the very first experiments of a young Beethoven, then still an adolescent, in a genre that he would properly inaugurate when he published his op. 18 set in his early thirties. On the strength of this theory, the collection was included in the Beethoven catalogue, though listed among the works of doubtful attribution, where it has remained awaiting further musicological research. With the world premiere recording of the Six Quartets Anh. 2, the Alla Maniera Italiana Quartet brings back to light a precious collection of chamber music that is still enveloped in mystery, in a historically informed performance based on a close study of the Berlin parts, thereby offering an original contribution to the forthcoming Beethoven bicentenary.