Beethoven Folk #1 | String Quartets, Op. 18 Quatuor Zaïde

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827): String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3:
• 1 Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: I. Allegro 07:55
• 2 Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: II. Andante con moto 07:17
• 3 Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: III. Allegro 02:43
• 4 Beethoven: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: IV. Presto 06:35
• Traditional: Top of Ben Lomond:
• 5 Traditional: Top of Ben Lomond (Arr. for String Quartet by Eric Mouret, Raphaël Maillet & Quatuor Zaïde) 00:53
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2:
• 6 Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: I. Allegro 08:07
• 7 Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: II. Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I 06:23
• 8 Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro 04:23
• 9 Beethoven: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: IV. Allegro molto, quasi presto 05:39
• Traditional: La fille de la meunière:
• 10 Traditional: La fille de la meunière (Arr. for String Quartet by Eric Mouret, Raphaël Maillet & Quatuor Zaïde) 01:03
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1:
• 11 Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: I. Allegro con brio 09:29
• 12 Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato 08:58
• 13 Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto 03:09
• 14 Beethoven: String Quartet in F Major, Op. 18 No. 1: IV. Allegro 06:49
• Traditional: Pizzica:
• 15 Traditional: Pizzica (Arr. for String Quartet by Eric Mouret, Raphaël Maillet & Quatuor Zaïde) 01:00
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4:
• 16 Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: I. Allegro ma non tanto 09:13
• 17 Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto 07:56
• 18 Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: III. Menuetto. Allegretto 03:20
• 19 Beethoven: String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4: IV. Allegro - Prestissimo 04:53
• Traditionnal: Kolo Vivo:
• 20 Traditionnal: Kolo Vivo (Arr. for String Quartet by Eric Mouret & Raphaël Maillet) 01:26
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6:
• 21 Beethoven: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: I. Allegro con brio 06:52
• 22 Beethoven: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: II. Adagio ma non troppo 07:06
• 23 Beethoven: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: III. Scherzo. Allegro 03:18
• 24 Beethoven: String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 18 No. 6: IV. La Malinconia. Adagio - Allegretto quasi allegro 08:43
• Traditional: Zwiefacher:
• 25 Traditional: Zwiefacher (Arr. for String Quartet by Eric Mouret, Raphaël Maillet & Quatuor Zaïde) 00:59
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5:
• 26 Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: I. Allegro 07:03
• 27 Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Menuetto 04:02
• 28 Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: III. Andante cantabile con variazioni 09:58
• 29 Beethoven: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18 No. 5: IV. Allegro 06:36
• Traditional: Mutter es sind Bueda da:
• 30 Traditional: Mutter es sind Bueda da (Arr. For String Quartet by Eric Mouret, Raphaël Maillet & Quatuor Zaïde) 01:33
• Total Runtime 02:43:21

Info for Beethoven Folk #1 | String Quartets, Op. 18

200 years after Beethoven’s death, the Zaïde Quartet takes on the challenge of performing the complete 16 string quartets with a groundbreaking approach, the fruit of 4 years of research: a reading through the lens of folk music.

Beethoven was passionate about the popular music of his time, and called himself “the link between God and the people”. He arranged more than 200 traditional Irish, Welsh and Scottish tunes. His musical language is steeped in oral traditions from across Europe, and his quartets are no exception: Italian pizzica in the finale of opus 18 no. 1, Gypsy rondo in opus 18 no. 4, Tarantella in opus 18 no. 3, Russian melodies in opus 59 nos. 1 and 2, German dance “alla tedesca” in opus 130...

This approach, at once musicological and creative, has been developed by the Zaïde Quartet in close collaboration with Raphaël Maillet, a violinist specialising in traditional music, and Éric Mouret, arranger. Together, they have identified the folk music that shaped Beethoven’s compositional language. The complete cycle thus alternates between the original quartets and traditional tunes performed in the pure oral tradition — forging living bridges between classical music and popular music.

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