The GRAMMY-nominated JACK Quartet will continue to celebrate its 20th anniversary season with the release of composer and frequent collaborator John Zorn's complete string quartets on a 2-CD set out ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. This series offers a rare opportunity for Houston audiences to hear Beethoven's ...

In the spring of 2016, the British recording company Chandos, with the help of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute's Polska Music programme, released an album containing every string quartet by Grażyna ...

Less than a year after the Lutosławski Quartet released its recording of Grażyna Bacewicz’s seven quartets on Naxos, here is a rival from the Silesian Quartet at a similar price. Which to choose? The ...

Fans of UB’s annual Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle are in for a treat this year. The Pacifica String Quartet, which has demonstrated a passion and commitment for performing complete string ...

The Berlin-based Artemis Quartet's Beethoven string quartet cycle was recorded between 1998 and 2011. The recordings cover a change of personnel (of violin and viola, in 2007), and the group's ...

The Paris-based Quatuor Diotima mark their 20th anniversary with a clutch of new recordings. The centrepiece is this very fine set devoted to the Second Viennese School, which is perhaps the best ...

Add the Escher String Quartet to that list. On the BIS label, they are evidently working towards a cycle of their own, which would be the first on Super Audio CDs. Charles Downey, writing in the ...

String Quartet No. 5: Movement I. String Quartet No. 5: Movement II. String Quartet No. 5: Movement III. String Quartet No. 5: Movement IV. String Quartet No. 5 ...

Editor’s note: Lawrence Stomberg, professor of music, has written a more detailed description of Beethoven’s career and his string quartets, which can be read here on the Department of Music’s website ...

Moving through the stories of many lives told in myriad ways: This is what it feels like to spend time with Steve Reich's three innovative and profound string quartets. It's even more powerful to hear ...