Beethoven Late String Quartets

Brodsky Quartet

De late kwartetten van Beethoven staan bekend als het hoogtepunt van zijn productie en behoren tot de grootste composities aller tijden. De langverwachte opname van het Brodsky Quartet viert hiermee het Beethoven-jaar.

Beethoven:
 String Quartet No. 11 in F minor Op. 95 'Serioso'
 String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127
 String Quartet No. 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
 String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131
 String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
 String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135
 Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133

"There is no shortage of outstanding recordings of these summits of the quartet repertory...But while the Brodsky versions may not threaten the positions of any of the established great sets, they certainly have their own distinctive virtues, and the highlights reach very high indeed. Technically, these performances are immaculate, so it all comes down to a question of personal taste."
The Guardian - 9th January 2020

"These are performances on the largest scale…although of course only four instruments are playing, you have to remind yourself that you’re not listening to a symphony orchestra…I have found, so far, that these renderings impress me rather than, as is more usually the case with these works, move me, but I shall certainly listen to them again and often, because I am struck by the sheer energy and belief that goes into the playing."
BBC Music Magazine - March 2020 ****(Performance) / ***** (Recording)

"At every turn of these engrossing and deeply considered readings, I like how the Brodskys ask questions of the music, of the listener too...Transitions are a continual pleasure of this set, always driven by something more than tempo markings...the Brodskys’s playing faithfully follows Beethoven into extreme terrain, not least in a radiant 20-minute account of the ‘Heiliger Dankgesang’."
Gramophone Magazine - March 2020