This is one of a set of Beethoven quartet recordings by the Ehnes Quartet. All have been strong, but this one is a standout, even among all the recordings of Beethoven's quartets on the market. The quartet is led by violinist James Ehnes, but there is nothing of the star musician-plays-chamber music here; the ensemble is superb. Ehnes provides, and draws from his other players, a rich sound that may remind older listeners of the Guarneri Quartet's Beethoven recordings of the LP era. The first movement of the String Quartet ...
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This is one of a set of Beethoven quartet recordings by the Ehnes Quartet. All have been strong, but this one is a standout, even among all the recordings of Beethoven's quartets on the market. The quartet is led by violinist James Ehnes, but there is nothing of the star musician-plays-chamber music here; the ensemble is superb. Ehnes provides, and draws from his other players, a rich sound that may remind older listeners of the Guarneri Quartet's Beethoven recordings of the LP era. The first movement of the String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127, has symphonic grandeur in its blank-chord second theme. The opening fugue of the String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 is highly expressive, in contrast to many contemporary recordings that treat this extraordinary movement in a formal way. This points to another coherent feature of the Ehnes Quartet's reading. Beethoven said about one of his late piano sonatas that he was writing music for the distant future, and the same is true of these...
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