This is a family affair: two generations of Kuijkens – Veronica, Sigiswald, Sara and Wieland – play Beethoven's three middle-period Opus 59 Quartets, the "Rasumovskys". The set may not replace ...

String Quintet Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Leipzig Quartet Barbara Buntrock, Viola String Quintet Leipzig Quartet Barbara Buntrock, Viola Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Four years after writing the ...

It’s perhaps not surprising that Beethoven’s string quintets feature less highly in his output than do similar works by Mozart and Schubert in theirs. Of the three full-scale works, only one was ...

If Haydn is today called the ‘father’ of the String Quartet, and Mozart took the form to new heights, then Beethoven – characteristically – took hold of it and completely transformed it. The five Late ...

Beethoven scholar Jonathan Del Mar delves deep into the history of the composer's manuscripts to uncover the secrets hidden within... Beethoven’s symphonies and string quartets are accepted to be the ...