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This, the third in the series of Beethoven's late quartets from the Ehnes Quartet deviates from the official 'late' works to include the last two of Beethoven's 'middle period' quartets: The sunny and amiable E flat, known as the 'Harp', and the terse and irascible F Minor, known not surprisingly, as 'Serioso'.
Beethoven had a habit of working on two works of wildly differing emotional ranges at the same time - never more clearly illustrated as in these two masterly quartets.
String Quartet No. 10 in E flat major, Op. 74 'Harp'
String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'