Since you are interested in String Quartets Op.18/6, Op.130 & 133, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Op.59/1 & 95 Artemis Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 6/Dec/2005 ] The Artemis Quartet launch their new association with Virgin Classics with two popular quartets by Beethoven. |
GYORGY LIGETI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Ligeti - String Quartets 1 & 2 / Vocal works Artemis Quartet / Barry Tuckwell Wind Quintet / Groupe Vocal de France, Guy Reibel [ EMI 20th Century Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] Lux Aeterna put Ligeti on the map for the wider public when Stanley Kubrick appropriated it for its unearthly effect in his film 2001, A Space Odyssey. But his music began firmly in his Hungarian roots, and bears a debt to Bartók and Kodály. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Op 18/1, Op 127 The Artemis Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 8/Nov/2010 ] "This is 21st Century Beethoven: contrasts and disjunctions vividly emphasised, supremely faithful to the outrageous demands Beethoven makes, precise in ensemble, accentuation and intonation, the resonances of early music brought to the fore in the... |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms/Schumann: Piano Quintets Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) / Artemis Quartet [ Virgin Classics / CD - released 13/Oct/2007 ] GRAMOPHONE MAGAZINE AWARD WINNER 2008 - Chamber - "Those who desire the Schumann and Brahms on one disc cannot do better than this supremely accomplished and excellently engineered release." (ClassicsToday 9/9) |