For the last two years of his life, Beethoven's world was dark and silent. His health was completely shot. And his emotional state was worse. He'd failed in his relationship with his nephew Karl, and ...
WITH two great performances in their established pattern of coupling one early and one late quartet, the Quartetto di Cremona’s magnificent survey of Beethoven’s complete String Quartets moves ...
String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: I. Maestoso - Allegro - . String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 127: II. Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile String Quartet No. 12 in E-Flat ...
String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: I. Allegro String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 No. 3: II. Andante con moto String Quartet No. 3 in D Major, Op. 18 ...
the old man and everybody else in development of the form and content. To hear a fine performance of a late Beethoven quartet or sonata is to connect to the divine, whoever or whatever the divine may ...