Gramophone

Beethoven String Quartets Op.59/2 and Op.18/4

String Quartet No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Endellion Quartet String Quartet No. 1 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer String Quartet No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven ...

Night 16: When the Four Strings Come Alive - B. Bartók: String Quartet No. 4 (Part 1)

What It Means to Write a Quartet After Beethoven There is something about a string quartet that resembles human conversation.
Gramophone

HAYDN String Quartets Op 20 – No 1; No 4; No 6 (Dudok Quartet)

(6) String Quartets (Divertimentos), 'Sun', Movements: E flat Dudok Quartet (6) String Quartets (Divertimentos), 'Sun', Movements: D Dudok Quartet (6) String Quartets ...
NPR

Takacs Quartet: A Slice Of Schubert And A Bartok Palindrome

The Takács Quartet traveled to the Savannah Music Festival to play Bela Bartók's knotty, challenging String Quartet No. 4. But how did they warm up the crowd? With a slice of insistent, lyrical ...
Jazz

Wadada Leo Smith: String Quartets Nos. 1-12

Wadada Leo Smith's seven CD boxset String Quartets Nos. 1-12 summons two words, epic and ineffable. The 5½ hours of music chronicle three of his four periods writing for string quartets from 1965 ...