In the 1960s my mother put up with a lot of dreadful music. She bought me a trumpet and insisted I play it for an hour every day. She endured my wobbly scales, arpeggios and Al Hirt impersonations ...

With this release of the five masterpieces that constitute Beethoven’s final string quartets (plus the F-Minor, Opus 95), the Takacs Quartet completes its award-winning cycle for Decca. And a major ...

Chamber music may be intimate in scope, but it can be a huge draw when the artistic stars align. The magnets at Tuesday's Cleveland Chamber Music Society concert were the Juilliard String Quartet and ...

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 ...

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 ...

When we finally see the return of concerts, shared experiences by full audiences, everyone together, the moment will be less for fireworks than for thanksgiving. Let us begin, then, with Beethoven as ...

String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro - . String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat ...

In 2004 the Takács Quartet completed their critically acclaimed Beethoven cycle with the six late quartets. Beloved of musicians and audiences alike, these works represent the culmination of Beethoven ...

The Calidore Quartet prime their tonal canvas in warm shades: nothing so bland as magnolia, but more opulent than the Danish String Quartet (ECM) or the Brodskys (Chandos, 3/20) among recent sets of ...

String Quartet No. 12 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Quartetto Italiano String Quartet No. 14 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Quartetto Italiano String Quartet No. 13 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer ...