Poll
Question:
Which is you favourite Beethoven Quartet? Pick only one!
Option 1: 18/1
votes: 0
Option 2: 18/2
votes: 0
Option 3: 18/3
votes: 1
Option 4: 18/4
votes: 1
Option 5: 18/5
votes: 0
Option 6: 18/6
votes: 0
Option 7: 59/1
votes: 2
Option 8: 59/2
votes: 0
Option 9: 59/3
votes: 1
Option 10: 74
votes: 0
Option 11: 95
votes: 2
Option 12: 127
votes: 2
Option 13: 130
votes: 6
Option 14: 131
votes: 8
Option 15: 132
votes: 7
Option 16: 135
votes: 1
Hope there hasn't been such a vote yet...
I prefer 59/1 because as a whole it's such a fantastic piece of music, the finale alone is great and it's even greater when listening to the great slow movement before, which is just as great as it is because there is the scherzo etc. etc.
59/2 has got a fantastic first movement.
127 I don't like much yet... but then, I love the following quartets, especially 130 and 131.
A movement which I totally dislike (probably because I don't understand the music) is the Scherzo (2nd) of 132...
132 because of the third movement, is just too beautiful.
For me it's a battle royal between 127, 131 and 132. 127 is perfection, with one of the most magical codas Beethoven ever devised; 131 is the most stunning structure Beethoven ever erected in a string quartet; and 132 has the greatest slow movement, though I find the second movement a bit boring, too (apart from the Trio).
I go for 131, all in all.
Quote from: The Emperor on January 09, 2008, 02:41:30 PM
132 because of the third movement, is just too beautiful.
Very true. That 3rd movement is so beautiful. But overall, I have to go with Op. 130 as my favorite.
Very hard to pick just one! Op. 130, 131, and 132 are virtually the 3 juggling balls. :)
Voted for Op. 127 - that 1st movement thrills me.
18/4. Classical in form, Romantic in style.
Quote from: The Emperor on January 09, 2008, 02:41:30 PM
132 because of the third movement, is just too beautiful.
$:)
131 :-*
If I had, say, three choices I'd go for 132 and 59/2.
The 15, opus 132.
(But it is a shame not to mention the opus 59/1, 127, 130, 131)
Quartetto serioso (op.95) gets my vote. 8)
Op. 130 as originally published with the Große Fuge (op. 133).
Op.130
My unpretending love's the B flat major
by the old Budapest done
John Berryman, Beethoven Triumphant
Sarge, channeling the late, great poet
Quote from: Dm on January 10, 2008, 03:33:04 AM
Op. 130 as originally published with the Große Fuge (op. 133).
Yes! :)
Quote from: Jezetha on January 09, 2008, 03:07:14 PM
I go for 131, all in all.
Me too but it's a hard choice since the late quartets are so phenomenal...
Quote from: Wanderer on January 10, 2008, 01:28:53 AM
Quartetto serioso (op.95) gets my vote. 8)
I like them all, but I'm with Wanderer on this one! Tough choice, though. It's like being in a room full of Rothkos or Monets and having to pick a favorite!
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on January 10, 2008, 04:08:33 AM
My unpretending love's the B flat major
by the old Budapest done
John Berryman, Beethoven Triumphant
I knew I liked you, Sarge!
I'm glad some are voting for the 'Serioso', for that's another quartet I love very much.
This is a cruel poll!
It's so tough to vote for just one.
I voted Op. 130, but honorable mention for the Op. 18/4 for the early quartets, and Op. 59/3 and Op. 74 "Harp".
Quote from: Don on January 09, 2008, 04:18:47 PM
Voted for Op. 127 - that 1st movement thrills me.
For many (I mean MANY) years I thought Op 131 was it , the last 3 years have convinced me its the op 127, the main reason being the one cited by Don.
*bump*
First 5 movements of 130 followed by 131 as finale
Op. 131 was my choice, though the other late Quartets are within hailing distance.
It is a scientific fact that Op 132 is the greatest piece of music ever written.
Quote from: Todd on June 19, 2022, 05:12:05 AM
It is a scientific fact that Op 132 is the greatest piece of music ever written.
Source?
The adagio of op. 132 = keep still my beating heart