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Beethoven: The Late String Quartets-Op. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135
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Beethoven: The Late String Quartets-Op. 127, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135. Orion String Quartet: Daniel and Todd Phillips, alternating violins; Steven Tenenbom, viola; Timothy Eddy, cello. (KOCH International Classics 7683)
A Stellar Performance
The Orions deliver a luminous interpretation of Beethoven's challenging late quartets
THIS THREE-CD SET IS THE SECOND VOLUME of the Orion Quartet's recording of the complete Beethoven quartets. The series began with the middle quartets, and will conclude with the early ones. To string-quartet players, these works represent the highest peak of achievement; their intellectual complexity and emotional depth baffled Beethoven's contemporaries and still ...
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