THIS fascinating new disc from the revered Fitzwilliam String Quartet with guest violist James Boyd almost reconciles the strands of what I call “the Bruckner problem”. The Austrian is a “love him or ...
Technical infallibility is now a non-negotiable when it comes to Bartók's six fiendishly difficult string quartets. Still, there's much more to these pieces than simply hitting the right notes and ...
Bruckner composed his only string quartet in 1862 while studying form and orchestration with Otto Kitzler. A well-crafted work in the manner of Haydn and Schubert, the quartet bears few hallmarks of ...
String Quartet No. 2 Zehetmair Quartet Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Composer String Quartet No 2 Zehetmair Quartet Heinz Holliger, Composer The rubato that is distracting in the Beethoven is in fact helpful ...
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As members of one of the world’s leading Bruckner orchestras, violinist Yuan-Qing Yu and cellist Ken Olsen know the 19th century Austrian symphonist better than most. But when the board chair of their ...