All just my personal opinion
Concert review, ★★★½, Quatuor Tchalik @ Kirche St.Peter, Zurich, 2021-05-16 — Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 in F major, op.135; Pierre Farago (*1969): Quale stormo d’augei notturno; Beethoven: String Quartet in B♭ major, op.133, “Great Fugue”
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Concert review, ★★★★, Pacific Quartet Vienna & Ronny Spiegel @ Zimmermannhaus, Brugg, 2019-11-30 — Haydn: String Quartet in C major, op.76/3, “Emperor”; Kodály: String Quartet No.2, op.10; Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 in F major, op.135
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Concert Review, Cuarteto Casals @ LAC, Lugano, 2017-04-22 — Beethoven: String Quartet No.1 in F major, op.18/1; Shostakovich: String Quartet No.10 in A♭ major, op.118; Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 in F major, op.135
Beethoven: String Quartets — summary for comparisons of recordings, involving the following ensembles: Alban Berg Quartet, Amadeus Quartet, Artemis Quartet, Brooklyn Rider, Busch Quartett, Chiaroscuso Quartet, Emerson String Quartet, Endellion String Quartet, Guarneri String Quartet, Hagen Quartett, Kuijken Quartet, LaSalle Quartet, Leipziger Streichquartett, Melos Quartett Stuttgart, Quartetto Italiano, Quatuor Mosaïques, Takács Quartet
This is partly an anecdotal addition to my review of recordings of the Beethoven String quartets, partly a contribution to my collection of personal biographic notes…
Beethoven: String Quartet op.135 —comparing recordings with the following ensembles: Alban Berg Quartett (1982), Amadeus Quartet (1963), Artemis Quartet (2011), Busch Quartet (1935), Emerson String Quartet (1997), Endellion String Quartet (2005), Guarneri String Quartet (1969), Hagen Quartett (1990), Hagen Quartett (2012), LaSalle Quartet (1976), Leipziger Streichquartett (1998), Melos Quartett (1984), Quartetto Italiano (1968), Takács Quartet (2004)