For the last two years of his life, Beethoven's world was dark and silent. His health was completely shot. And his emotional state was worse. He'd failed in his relationship with his nephew Karl, and ...

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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. These were Franz Schubert's words when he first heard Beethoven's String Quartet No.14 in C-sharp minor ...

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 ...

The group’s complete Beethoven quartet cycle – brought together now ins a single set – showcases their characteristically clear and elegant style The Dover Quartet released their Beethoven cycle in ...

The presentation of this imminent release from the Allegri String Quartet needs a bit of clarification. First, however, it features fine performances of three of Beethoven's six opus 18 Quartets, the ...

Among the key pieces of the classical-music repertoire Beethoven's string quartets. Recordings by the Budapest Quartet are essential to critic... The Budapest String Quartet has always been my ...

My usual policy of never reading booklet notes before I write about an album under consideration paid off handsomely in the case of this closing chapter of the Calidore Quartet’s Beethoven cycle, ...

Just as any real and informed music fan is familiar with the Duke Ellington "Blanton Webster Band," Miles Davis' Kind Of Blue (Columbia, 1959), and Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens recordings, ...

The Abel Quartet, a string quartet, is embarking on an ambitious journey to perform all 16 of Beethoven's string quartets over approximately seven months. According to the concert planning company Mok ...

The Calidore String Quartet continues its complete cycle of the Beethoven string quartets throughout the 2024–25 season at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. After dazzling audiences with ...