String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 : I. Allegro con brio String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 : II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato String Quartet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 18 : III. Scherzo ...

The greatness of Beethoven cast a long shadow. It was Brahms whose First Symphony was long delayed by the intensity with which the composer felt “the tramp of such a giant behind you”. And the shadow ...

The six string quartets which make up his Op. 18 were composed in Beethoven’s late twenties, and consequently imbued with less of the youthful enthusiasm and optimism one might expect of a composer’s ...

The key of C minor generally found Beethoven in passionate mood – think of the ‘Pathétique’ piano sonata, for example – and the fourth quartet is no exception. From the stabbing accents of the very ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Endless invention, and a vision of things to come. Beethoven's last two string quartets in his early ...

The Tákacs Quartet are in the process of recording the complete Beethoven quartets; this is the second volume. The Op.18 quartets were Beethoven’s first foray into the genre and are too often ...

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A few months back I sat on the jury of a string quartet competition and listened for two days to a succession of student ensembles playing Beethoven’s Op 18 No 5. I hadn’t realised how an experience ...

While conservative-minded critics found Beethoven’s Op 18 quartets harsh and ‘difficult’, the wider public was enthusiastic. No 4, in the quintessential Beethoven key of C minor, quickly became a ...