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 ...

The world doesn’t need yet another recording of Beethoven’s string quartets, you might argue, but this terrific cycle from the Elias String Quartet demonstrates how fresh, probing and confrontational ...

String Quartet No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Prazák Qt String Quartet No. 2 Prazák Qt Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer String Quartet No. 3 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Prazák Qt String Quartet ...

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 ...

The key of C minor generally found Beethoven in passionate mood – think of the ‘Pathétique’ piano sonata, for example – and the fourth quartet is no exception. From the stabbing accents of the very ...

Germany’s Auryn Quartet, whose recordings of the complete Beethoven string quartets were called “the set to beat” by a reviewer for Gramophone, returns to Bates College to finish its three-year survey ...

String Quartet No. 4 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Cremona Quartet Grosse Fuge Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Cremona Quartet String Quartet No. 7, 'Rasumovsky' Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Cremona ...

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 ...

Jan Grüning, violist for the Ariel Quartet, likens the task of playing all the works Beethoven wrote for string quartets to climbing Mount Everest. At each stopping point along the climb, a different ...