Beethoven - String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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I attended some of these sessions and can still recall the forensic care and commitment the Takács brought to these works. — More…
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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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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... — More…
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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... — More…
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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.... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2004, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2004, Winner - Chamber
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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... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Beethoven would find it hard to believe that his quartets could be played with such perfection of execution, such beauty of tone, such nuance of expression, and such keen understanding of his... — More…
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Beethoven: The Early String Quartets
In Concert at the Library of Congress 1943-1962
The Budapest String Quartet
It’s been well worth the wait for these performances. Restoration has done what it can for the boxy originals, but the energy and drive of the playing will make up for that. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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