With the quartet G major from op.18 and the final quartet from op. 59, the Quartet of Cremona opens another stage in the adventurous journey through the cosmos of Beethoven's string quartets. For Beethoven, the two quartets should serve two different target groups. While Beethoven had an eye on the music lovers for his quartet op. 18, Beethoven devoted himself to the so-called Rasumowski quartet of op. 59, a rather high-professional specialist - which is reflected mainly in the finale , An extensive and extremely virtuoso fugue. In both quartets, however, there is a catchy tune at the end: once from the spirit of the Winer Klassik, in the more mature quartet in the form of a fast-paced fugue - Finale furioso.