MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tokyo String Quartet plays Beethoven [9 CD set]

"I doubt whether quartet playing comes much better than in this Tokyo set of the Op. 18. Quite frankly I don't think that you can go far wrong with this set: the playing is unfailingly alive, sensitive and poised. The recordings are very natural with plenty of air round the image; the A major is slightly closer (and at a higher level) than its companions." (Gramophone)