It’s the opening to the slow movement from Quartet No. 16, Opus 135, in which Beethoven wrote in the score, “Must It Be? -- It Must Be!” Each instrument enters one at a time to create a gorgeous ...

String Quartet No. 12 Brentano Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer String Quartet No. 14 Brentano Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer A coupling of Op 127, the most approachable of Beethoven’s ...

Germany’s Auryn Quartet, whose recordings of the complete Beethoven string quartets were called “the set to beat” by a reviewer for Gramophone, returns to Bates College to finish its three-year survey ...

In 2004 the Takács Quartet completed their critically acclaimed Beethoven cycle with the six late quartets. Beloved of musicians and audiences alike, these works represent the culmination of Beethoven ...

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 ...