The Beethoven string quartets represent a journey. The early works are wonderful, yet clearly influenced by Haydn and Mozart. And then we can witness the composer’s progress through his so called Middle and Late periods …
The Quatuor Ébène is marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth with a global tour of 21 countries. In the course of their Beethoven Around the World tour, the Ébène will make live recordings in seven different cities: Vienna, Philadelphia, Tokyo, São Paulo, Melbourne, Nairobi and Paris. This first release, recorded at the Konzerthaus in Vienna, comprises the first two ‘Razumovsky’ Quartets, op 59 No 1 and op 59 No 2.
Here is music from this recording:
