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BEETHOVEN String Quintets Opp 29 & 104. Fugue op 137

It’s perhaps not surprising that Beethoven’s string quintets feature less highly in his output than do similar works by Mozart and Schubert in theirs. Of the three full-scale works, only one was ...
The Guardian

Beethoven: String Quartets Op 59, String Quintet Op 29; Kuijken Quartet – review

This is a family affair: two generations of Kuijkens – Veronica, Sigiswald, Sara and Wieland – play Beethoven's three middle-period Opus 59 Quartets, the "Rasumovskys". The set may not replace ...
Gramophone

BEETHOVEN String Quintets Op 4 & Op 29

String Quintet Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Leipzig Quartet Barbara Buntrock, Viola String Quintet Leipzig Quartet Barbara Buntrock, Viola Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer Four years after writing the ...
Seattle Times

Before Beethoven’s First, there were the quintets, trios and septets — and they’re on the Seattle Symphony program

The Seattle Symphony Orchestra celebrates Ludwig van Beethoven’s 239th birthday this month with performances highlighting the German composer’s early and late periods. On Dec. 30 and 31, music ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

ACO: Beethoven arranged by Beethoven

Under the direction of Principal Violin Helena Rathbone, a reduced ACO performs two of Beethoven’s best-known chamber works, arranged for quintet. When shown a quintet arrangement by someone else of ...