Beethoven - String Quartets No. 1-6, Op. 18
Composed: 1798–1800Genres:
Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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Robert Simpson disagreed with writers who believed that Beethoven's backward glances to Haydn and Mozart in his Op 18 set were so obvious as to distract attention from his own individuality.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2004, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Chamber
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Beethoven: The Early String Quartets
In Concert at the Library of Congress 1943-1962
The Budapest String Quartet
It’s been well worth the wait for these performances. Restoration has done what it can for the boxy originals, but the energy and drive of the playing will make up for that. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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Enjoyable as other digital recordings of Beethoven's first quartets by (for example) the Takács and Lindsay Quartets are, this new Tokyo set just about pips all rivals to the post.
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Beethoven would find it hard to believe that his quartets could be played with such perfection of execution, such beauty of tone, such nuance of expression, and such keen understanding of his... — More…
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