Beethoven: String Quartet in C♯ minor, op.131

Beethoven: String Quartet op.131 — comparing recordings with the following ensembles: Alban Berg Quartett (1984), Amadeus Quartet (1963), Artemis Quartet (2002), Brooklyn Rider (2011), Busch Quartet (1936), Emerson String Quartet (1997), Endellion String Quartet (2005), Guarneri String Quartet (1969), Hagen Quartett (1999), LaSalle Quartet (1977), Leipziger Streichquartett (1994), Melos Quartett (1985), Quartetto Italiano (1969), Takács Quartet (2004)

Romantic & Post-Romantic Music (Diary 2012-07-30)

Schumann: Novelletten, op.21 — Richter; Myaskovsky: Cello Sonata Nr.1 in D, op.12 — Mørk/Thibaudet; Rachmaninoff: Vocalise from the 14 Songs, op.34 — Isserlis/Hough; Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, op.19 — Mørk/Thibaudet, Isserlis/Hough; Franck: Violin or Cello Sonata in A — Spivakov/Bezrodnyi, Perlman/Argerich, Isserlis/Hough; Britten: Vocal Works — Christophers/The Sixteen, Cantalea; Tischhauser: “Die Hampeloper” — Tschupp; Tignor: “Together Into This Unknowable Night” — Brooklyn Rider