Intégrale des quatuors à cordes

Description

Alpha reissues the complete string quartets of Beethoven by the Belcea: "Beethoven's music has been at the center of our life as a quartet since our very first rehearsal in 1994. However, it was a bit later that we fully immersed ourselves in the remarkable cycle of quartets, first to prepare for it, and then to perform it in its entirety during the 2011/2012 season. It was during that last year that Beethoven's music became a truly consuming passion for each of us. These sixteen quartets, composed around two hundred years ago, represent one of the most decisive and powerful musical statements of all time; not only because of the unprecedented intensity of this cycle, but also due to the absolutely astonishing evolution/revolution that can be observed between the first and last works - a revolution that lasted thirty years and forever changed the way we experience music."