BQ6

	Beethoven's Last Six Quartets

	When Beethoven was 47 years old, having written eight symphonies, the wife of his nephew's schoolmaster complimented him on his masterful wondrous works. Oh, he answered distractedly, I am thinking about something much better now. That thought, followed by years of study with old Albrechstberger, his counterpoint teacher, yielded a new organic way of composing, along with a transformation of his being - as revealed by his music - unparalleled in music history, culminating in his last six quartets a decade later. Listen to Manfred Clynes' beautiful and masterful interpretations made with the SuperConductor computer music program. Click Here for more info on these fantastic recordings


Quartet in B flat, op.130, Mvts1-6	Listen
Quartet in E flat, op.127, Mvts 1-4	Listen
Quartet in A min, op.132, Mvts 1-5	Listen
Quartet in C# min,op.131 Mvts 1-7	Listen
Quartet in B flat, op.133, GrosseFuge	Listen
Quartet in F, op. 135, Mvts 1-4	Listen