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 ...

String Quartet No. 6 Elias String Quartet Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer String Quartet No. 8, 'Rasumovsky' Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Elias String Quartet String Quartet No. 16 Elias String ...

The Ariel Quartet will release the complete Beethoven String Quartets over two years, culminating in 2027, the 200th anniversary of Beethoven’s death. The Quartet will release the first volume of the ...

String Quartet No. 6 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Belcea Quartet String Quartet No. 12 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Belcea Quartet String Quartet No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Belcea ...

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 the spring of 1825, when Beethoven was 54, he became terribly sick. He was in bed for a month and he wrote to his doctor, "I am not feeling well ... I am in great pain." The doctor put Beethoven on ...