Following on from the Fitzwilliam’s recording of Schubert’s Rosamunde and Death and the Maiden Quartets on Divine Art comes this new release of the Quartettsatz and the G major Quartet. Enterprisingly ...

Schubert's last string quartet, No. 15 in G Major, is one of his greatest works, still hard to assimilate after nearly 200 years. You're more likely to have heard it excerpted on the soundtrack to ...

In the last of a trio of concerts focussing on the quartets of Shostakovich, the acclaimed foursome takes on two haunted, “late-style” works: Shostakovich’s valedictory Quartet No. 15 (a series of six ...

Saphir’s sound, however, lacks ideal clarity and analysis with a mildly gruff lower mid-range. Neither of these shortcomings applies to Audite’s recording that, in SACD, is evenly clear and detailed.

When you hear the term “chamber music,” think “string quartets” because most chamber music series consist of about 80 percent string quartet concerts. That might explain why there are so many fine ...

On Nov. 12, the Jupiter String Quartet gave a concert in Foellinger Great Hall, offering a wonderful program of string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert, as well as a quartet by ...

Two recent performances of Franz Schubert’s sublime String Quintet in C Major provided an opportunity to test a common presumption in the classical-music business: that older performers invariably ...