Volume one of the cycle includes Beethoven’s Op. 18 string quartets over 2 CDs – on CD 1, String Quartet in F major, Op.18 No.1; String Quartet in D major, Op.18 No. 3; and String Quartet in B-flat ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Endless invention, and a vision of things to come. Beethoven's last two string quartets in his early ...

The greatness of Beethoven cast a long shadow. It was Brahms whose First Symphony was long delayed by the intensity with which the composer felt “the tramp of such a giant behind you”. And the shadow ...

This Thursday, Da Camera presents its second concert in their chamber music series this season: Beethoven Perspectives with the London-based Elias String Quartet. For this concert, the group will ...

The Tákacs Quartet are in the process of recording the complete Beethoven quartets; this is the second volume. The Op.18 quartets were Beethoven’s first foray into the genre and are too often ...

There is such a legacy of recordings of Beethoven's quartets that new versions find it hard to make their mark. This cycle from the Takacs Quartet promises to be different. The group will complete its ...

The six string quartets which make up his Op. 18 were composed in Beethoven’s late twenties, and consequently imbued with less of the youthful enthusiasm and optimism one might expect of a composer’s ...

It's 10 years since Quatuor Mosaiques released their only other disc of Beethoven quartets - the fifth and sixth of the Op 18 set - suggesting they feel the 18th-century classicism of the early works ...

The Calidore String Quartet reflect on the importance of Beethoven's quartets in their lives Beethoven’s music has been an integral part of our quartet since the beginning. In our first reading ...

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Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Volume one of the cycle includes Beethoven's Op. 18 string quartets over 2 ...

A few months back I sat on the jury of a string quartet competition and listened for two days to a succession of student ensembles playing Beethoven’s Op 18 No 5. I hadn’t realised how an experience ...