BroadwayWorld

The Ariel Quartet to Release Beethoven String Quartet Cycle Over Two Years

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 New York Times

A Quartet Sets a New Standard for Beethoven Marathons

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Beethoven at 250 | Critic’s Notebook The Danish String Quartet presented the composer’s complete quartets over six extraordinary concerts at Alice ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Beethoven's Late String Quartets - Part 1

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 ...
University of Delaware

Celebrating Beethoven

Editor’s note: Lawrence Stomberg, professor of music, has written a more detailed description of Beethoven’s career and his string quartets, which can be read here on the Department of Music’s website ...
Colorado Public Radio

This Beethoven string quartet passage always grabs my attention

It’s the opening to the slow movement from Quartet No. 16, Opus 135, in which Beethoven wrote in the score, “Must It Be? -- It Must Be!” Each instrument enters one at a time to create a gorgeous ...
BroadwayWorld

Ariel Quartet Embarks On Beethoven String Quartet Cycle; Three Albums Over Two Years

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 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Beethoven's Late String Quartets - Part 3

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. "Grotesque", "monstrous", "chaotic", "madness"... When audiences ...