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Beethoven - Complete String Quartets | Sony 88985497062

Beethoven - Complete String Quartets

Label: Sony

Cat No: 88985497062

Barcode: 0889854970628

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 12

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 13th April 2018

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This is the first ever release of the 1951/52 Budapest String Quartet’s Beethoven recordings in a 12-CD edition. It includes 9 LPs appearing for the first time on CD, remastered from the original analogue tapes using 24 bit / 192 kHz technology. The boxset includes facsimile LP sleeves and labels, and a booklet with full discographical notes.

This Beethoven cycle has acquired legendary status. Anthony Tommasini of The New York Times wrote that his “favourite performances” of the six early Opus 18 Quartets are the ones included here, “supple, luminous and insightful”. NPR critic Lloyd Schwartz calls the entire cycle “my touchstone” for Beethoven quartet recordings.

Reviews

I’d say that this is among the best complete cycles of the quartets from the period, outshining even those of the HUngarian and Végh quartets...  Rob Cowan
Gramophone August 2018

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