Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Quatuor à cordes en la majeur, op. 18 n° 5
Quatuor à cordes en si bémol majeur, op. 130

Quartetto Di Cremona

Cristiano Gualco, violon
Paolo Andreoli, violon
Simone Gramaglia, alto
Giovanni Scaglione, violoncelle

Once more, an early and a late work provide insight into Beethoven’s startling development. Both pieces reveal how Beethoven incorporated folk music into his own works – in all other aspects, the styles of these two string quartets could not be more different.