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Beethoven - String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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RecommendedTakács Quartet
I attended some of these sessions and can still recall the forensic care and commitment the Takács brought to these works. —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2017, Editor's Choice
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Opus Klassik, 2021, Winner - Chamber Music
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Spruce, cleansounding, finely articulated with sparing use of vibrato – this is definitely modern Beethoven. It’s hard to imagine anything less like the plush, expressively orotund Amadeus Quartet... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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They play with extraordinary strenuousness, very unlike the Alban Berg Quartet with whom they studied. The Belceas re-enact the creative torments of the composer to a degree where you feel their... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th November 2012
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Building a Library, October 2013, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2013, Finalist - Chamber
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Everything about the playing is immaculate – tempi are invariably uncontroversial, phrasing is elegant, textures always crystal clear – and many will feel very comfortable with the neutral approach... —
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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.... —
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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: String Quartets (Complete)
Karl Suske (violin / fiddle), Klaus Peters (violin / fiddle), Karl-Heinz Dommus (viola), Matthias Pfaender (cello), Suske Quartet
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Some quartets choose to stress the continuity with the recent past, others to dig out signs of things to come. The Jerusalem Quartet strike a particularly fine balance. We are always aware of... —
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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