Beethoven: The Early String Quartets
In Concert at the Library of Congress 1943-1962
The Budapest String Quartet
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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.
Beethoven: The Early String Quartets
In Concert at the Library of Congress 1943-1962
The Budapest String Quartet
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2012, Re-issue of the Month
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.
About
The release of this two-disc set completes the Budapest String Quartet's historic Beethoven string quartet cycle, recorded at the Library of Congress's Coolidge Auditorium. Both the middle and late Quartets from this cycle (BRIDGE9099A/C and BRIDGE9072A/C) have frequently been cited as among the finest recordings ever made of Beethoven's singular masterpieces. The present recordings of Beethoven's six Op. 18 quartets were selected from performances given during the Budapest's 22-year long residency at the Library. In addition to the six quartets, a short track drawn from a Budapest String Quartet rehearsal (1944) is included on disc two.
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMarch 2012Re-issue of the Month
March 2012
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.
