Best Recording Of Beethoven String Quartets - April 2024

Emerson String Quartet - Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon [52 CD][Box Set]

This monumental release documents the Emerson String Quartets exceptional longevity and dynamism founded in 1976, they are still as youthfully active and inquisitive as ever 40 years later. Moreover it charts the New York-based ensembles musical breadth, encompassing virtually all of the important repertoire for their formation.This 52 CD collection includes their complete output on DG and features highlights such as the Nine Grammy Awards, Three Gramophone Magazine Awards; complete cycles by Shostakovich, Beethoven and Bartok; plus String Quartets by Haydn, Tchaikovsky, Schubert and many more... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01DB7DV9A
• UPC: 028947959823
• ASIN: B01DB7DV9A
• Brand: CD
• Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon

The Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven : The Complete String Quartets

- German pressings of the immense Sony Classical Masters Catalog in smart, desirable and collectible multi-disc editions - The Sony catalog is replete with legendary artists and many of the greatest recordings of the classical repertoire - Box fronts feature large, prominently displayed photo of the featured artist - Slender, shelf-friendly boxes; CD's housed in space-saving slipsleeves

• ASIN: B008BOWG7C
• UPC: 886919757828
• ASIN: B008BOWG7C
• Brand: Sony Masterworks
• Manufacturer: Sony

Budapest String Quartet / Complete Beethoven

The modern standard of performance in the Beethoven quartets was set by the Budapest String Quartet, wrote The New York Times. One of the 20th centurys very finest chamber ensembles, the Budapest String Quartet recorded the complete Beethoven cycle three times first on 78s in the 1940s, then between 1951 and 1952 in mono, and later in stereo. The 195152 cycle, which has acquired legendary status, is now reissued as a complete set, the first time that Sony Classical has published it in its entirety since the first issue. The Budapest Quartet was the quartet in residence at the Library of Congre... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0776K6TTN
• UPC: 889854970628
• ASIN: B0776K6TTN
• Manufacturer: Sony Masterworks

Beethoven: The String Quartets (7CD)

The Hungarian Quartet, formed in 1935, embodied the very best of the Central European tradition of string-playing, and this cycle, recorded in Paris in the early 1950s, represents an essential staging post in the quest for Beethoven “These performances will give endless pleasure,” wrote Gramophone, “… the ensemble attack and technical proficiency of this quartet are beyond praise … and so is their grasp of the music.” These recordings have now been remastered from the original tapes in 24BIT-96kHz digital sound.

• ASIN: B01N0XATPS
• UPC: 190295869274
• ASIN: B01N0XATPS
• Brand: Erato
• Manufacturer: Warner Classics/Parlophone

Beethoven: The Late String Quartets

Some Quartets, like the Busch, Italiano, and Talich, have come close to the inner core of these supreme masterpieces. The Takács Quartet now joins those select few. From the opening chords of the Op. 127--firmly stated, perfectly blended, just gruff enough while still sounding beautiful--you know you're in safe hands during this journey into the deepest, most timeless works in the repertory. Slow movements are always a major test here, and if the Takács doesn't surpass some of the above-mentioned groups, they are superior to their present-day peers in conveying Beethoven's deepest thinking w... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00067R3BG
• UPC: 028947084921
• ASIN: B00067R3BG
• Manufacturer: Decca

String Quartets [7 CD Box Set]

• ASIN: B00002DEH2
• UPC: 028946314326
• ASIN: B00002DEH2
• Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon

Complete String Quartets

"The ASQ can take considerable credit from these superb interpretations. Their dedication and insight has paid off as this set is one of the very finest available. This Foghorn set is unquestionably one of my `Records of the Year' for 2009." -- Musicweb-International These stunning recordings, made in just 19 days in 2008 at New York City's famed American Academy of Arts and Letters, constitute a splendid contemporary survey of this indispensable cycle. The packaging is gorgeous, the exceptional liner notes by Eric Bromberger are wonderfully insightful, and the production by multiple Grammy Aw... [Read More]

• ASIN: B002XDE9GI
• UPC: 700871200522
• ASIN: B002XDE9GI
• Brand: Foghorn
• Manufacturer: Foghorn Classics

Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets [7 CD/Blu-Ray Audio/DVD]

Since its formation in 1975, the Takács Quartet has been recognized as one of the world's leading string quartets. Their award-winning recordings include the complete Beethoven String Quartets for Decca, recorded between 2002 and 2004. Decca Classics celebrates the acclaimed quartet with this multi-media presentation of the Beethoven quartets on 7 CDs, 1 Blu-ray Audio disc, a bonus DVD and a 104-page booklet.

• ASIN: B01N4MFPV0
• UPC: 028948313174
• ASIN: B01N4MFPV0
• Manufacturer: Decca

Shostakovich: The String Quartets

• ASIN: B0000042HV
• UPC: 028945577623
• ASIN: B0000042HV
• Brand: FITZWILLIAM STRING Q
• Manufacturer: London Classics

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets

To celebrate the release of The Belcea Quartets complete Brahms quartets, Alpha is reissuing the ensembles recording of the complete Beethoven quartets. The ensemble wrote of this 8-disc project: Beethovens music has been at the center of our life as a quartet from our very first rehearsalThese sixteen quartets written some two hundred years ago form one of the most complete and powerful musical statements ever made. The completeness lies in their unprecedented intensity and in the astonishing development that can be traced between the early and the late works. The Belcea Quartet has been desc... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01IWW6FN8
• ASIN: B01IWW6FN8
• Brand: Alpha
• Manufacturer: Alpha

Beethoven: The Early String Quartets

• ASIN: B000003FBJ
• UPC: 090266128426
• ASIN: B000003FBJ
• Manufacturer: RCA Legacy

Beethoven: Complete String Quartets

This cycle of 15 string quartets performed by the Quartetto Italiano was deemed recently by the editor of Gramophone magazine one of the 100 greatest recordings of all time! 10 CDs-accompanied by a full text on the Beethoven quartets. 7 hrs., 18 min.!

• ASIN: B0000041LL
• UPC: 770707294391
• ASIN: B0000041LL
• Brand: Forza
• Manufacturer: Decca

Last Leaf

They are widely recognized as the most exciting young string quartet of the present moment, bringing new insights to contemporary composition and core classical repertoire. In parallel, they have also made surprising and impressive forays into the world of Nordic folk music. Their 2014 album Wood Works (Dacapo Records) was a left-field hit, and audiences around the world have been delighted by concert performances of the music. Now the Danish String Quartet bring their folk project to ECM with a stirring new recording. Fästan takes off from an unusual Christmas hymn, Now found is the fairest ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B074CHGWN1
• UPC: 028948157464
• ASIN: B074CHGWN1
• Brand: Ecm
• Manufacturer: ECM New Series

Beethoven Complete Edition

This updated 86-CD box reveals an extensive palette of styles and mediums, rendered all the more obvious by the box's division into different genres (starting with the symphonies and ending with the large corpus of different national folk songs). A stellar cast of performers completes the tribute: Alfred Brendel, Sir Colin Davis, David Zinman, Herbert Blomstedt, Staatskapelle Dresden and the London Symphony Orchestra are just of the firstclass names and ensembles gracing this mustbuy, bargainpriced compilation.

• ASIN: B00DUPU6BU
• ASIN: B00DUPU6BU
• Manufacturer: Brilliant Classics

Beethoven: The Six String Quartets, Op. 18

• ASIN: B000M4XN58
• UPC: 045863227423
• ASIN: B000M4XN58
• Manufacturer: Pantheon

The Budapest String Quartet Plays Beethoven

THE BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET PLAYS BEETHOVEN: THE COMPLETE STRING

• UPC: 131817395
• Color: White

L.V. Beethoven - Beethoven: String Quartet Op.132 String Quartet Op [CD]

L.V. Beethoven - Beethoven: String Quartet Op.132 String Quartet Op [CD] 401927298836

• UPC: 167003505

Ludwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No.6 - Op.18 No.6 - A Full Score

Ludwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No.6 - Op.18 No.6 - A Full

• UPC: 832234490

Eulenburg String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 127 Schott Series Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Print music.

• UPC: 913239532

Ludwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No.16 - Op.18 No.16 - A Full Score (Paperback)

Ludwig Van Beethoven - String Quartet No.16 - Op.18 No.16 - A Full

• UPC: 316674617

Boosey and Hawkes String Quartet, Op. 132, No. 15 Boosey & Hawkes Scores/Books Series Softcover by Ludwig van Beethoven

HPS 137

• UPC: 486356999
• Model: 48002009

Eulenburg String Quartet in A Major, Op. 18/5 Schott Series Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

Print music.

• UPC: 474587108

Beethoven & Shostakovich: String Quartets

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• UPC: 115017821

BEETHOVEN: STRING QUARTET IN E MINOR OP.59

BEETHOVEN: STRING QUARTET IN E MINOR

• UPC: 171794242

BEETHOVEN: STRING QUARTETS NO. 11 OP. 95 & NO. 15 OP. 132

BEETHOVEN: STRING QUARTETS NO. 11 OP. 95 & NO. 15 OP.

• UPC: 110531307