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 ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Endless invention, and a vision of things to come. Beethoven's last two string quartets in his early ...

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 ...

The Grammy-nominated Dover Quartet, whose credits include a host of prestigious awards and residencies, concludes its complete Beethoven string quartet cycle on Cedille Records with a three-disc set ...

On January 24, 2025, Signum Classics will release BEETHOVEN: The Early Quartets, the final installment in the Calidore String Quartet's award-winning full Beethoven cycle. The Early Quartets follows ...

Colorado has long been a haven for summer classical music festivals, with the Aspen Music Festival as the most prominent and established. True music aficionados are also well aware of how fortunate ...

In the spring of 1825, when Beethoven was 54, he became terribly sick. He was in bed for a month and he wrote to his doctor, "I am not feeling well ... I am in great pain." The doctor put Beethoven on ...

The Budapest String Quartet has always been my standard-bearer for chamber music. I grew up listening to their recordings, and especially admired not only their gorgeous sound, but also the uncanny ...