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Home page: Beethoven's Journey Still Captivates - An Introduction to Beethoven's Quartets

Narrative
Audio: McGlaughlin - Introduction (1'51")

Page: Quartets for the Non-Connoisseur

Narrative
Audio: McGlaughlin - Beethoven quartets are an antidote (0'53")
Audio: McGlaughlin - Necessary and sufficient (2'01")

Page: Meet the Emerson String Quartet

Anecdote
Audio: Drucker re: recordings (2'30")

Page: "We'll Hear Quite a Lot from Him" - Beethoven's Upbringing and Early Life

Narrative
Audio: McGlaughlin - Introduction (1'29")

Anecdote
Audio: Setzer re: Beethoven and Mozart (1'11")

Page: A New and Striking Voice - Beethoven's Early Period

Narrative
Audio: McGlaughlin - Introduction (1'01")

Anecdote
Audio: Setzer re: Op. 18, No. 1 (2'02")

Emerson performances
Audio: Quartet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1 (1798) (28'15")
Audio: Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5 - Menuetto (1800) (4'57")
Audio: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 18, No. 6 - La malinconia: Adagio-Allegretto quasi Allegro (1800) (8'13")

Page: Toward a Musical Landscape - Beethoven's Middle Period

Narrative
Audio: McGlaughlin - Introduction (1'36")
Audio: McGlaughlin - Middle Quartets (5'03")

Anecdotes
Audio: Drucker and McGlaughlin re: Op. 59, No.1 (3'13")
Audio: Drucker and Setzer re: intro to Adagio Op. 74 (1'35")
Audio: McGlaughlin and Setzer re: Adagio Op. 74 (1'02")
Audio: McGlaughlin and Setzer re: "Serioso" Quartet (2'25")

Emerson performances
Audio: Quartet in C major, Op. 59, No. 3 "Razumovsky" - Menuetto grazioso - attacca: Allegro molto (1806) (10'53")
Audio: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 74 "Harp" - Adagio ma non troppo (1809) (9'23")
Audio: Quartet in f minor, Op. 95 "Serioso" (complete) (1810) (20'1")

Page: Music Beyond Space or Time - Beethoven's Late Period

Narrative
Audio: McGlaughlin - Introduction (0'40")
Audio: McGlaughlin - The Late Quartets (4'0")

Anecdotes
Audio: Drucker and McGlaughlin re: Op. 132 & "Great Art" (2'19")
Audio: Setzer and McGlaughlin re: humor in Quartet in Bb Op. 130/ (0'53")
Audio: Drucker and McGlaughlin re: humor in Scherzo of Bb Quartet, Op. 30/ (1'32")
Audio: McGlaughlin and Setzer re: the Grosse Fuge (1'03")
Audio: Drucker re: motives in the Grosse Fuge (2'31")
Audio: Setzer and Dutton re: the Late Quartets (2'34")

Emerson performances
Audio: Quartet in E flat major, Op. 127 - Maestoso-Allegro (1823-5) (7'04")
Audio: Quartet in a minor, Op. 132 - Assai sostenuto - Allegro (1825) (9'35")
Audio: Quartet in B flat major, Op. 130 - Presto (1825-6) (1'55")
Audio: Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 ( 1825-6) (14'48")
Audio: Quartet in F major, Op. 135 - Lento aassai, cantante e tranquillo (1826) (6'55")