The Berlin-based Artemis Quartet return with the next instalment in their complete Beethoven String Quartets cycle. The quartet's playing of Beethoven has been celebrated all over Europe. In France this recording was awarded a Diapason dOr, while in Germany the recording was chosen as Chamber Music Recording of the Year in the the ECHO Klassik awards of the Deutsche Phono-Akademie. In the UK, the Sunday Times singled out the release, praising the fresh, positive responses of the Artemis Quartet: their colours are vivid and they are alert to the musics intent to push all sorts of boundaries to breaking point.
The Artemis String Quartet makes chamber music spectacular: the quartet's playing is polished and precise but at the same time spontaneous, fresh and explosive as though the music is being improvised on the spot. Even the physical motions involved with the bowing are beautifully choreographed to reflect the mood of the music. - The Enquirer

The Berlin-based Artemis Quartet return with the next instalment in their complete Beethoven String Quartets cycle. The quartet's playing of Beethoven has been celebrated all over Europe. In France this recording was awarded a Diapason dOr, while in Germany the recording was chosen as Chamber Music Recording of the Year in the the ECHO Klassik awards of the Deutsche Phono-Akademie. In the UK, the Sunday Times singled out the release, praising the fresh, positive responses of the Artemis Quartet: their colours are vivid and they are alert to the musics intent to push all sorts of boundaries to breaking point.
The Artemis String Quartet makes chamber music spectacular: the quartet's playing is polished and precise but at the same time spontaneous, fresh and explosive as though the music is being improvised on the spot. Even the physical motions involved with the bowing are beautifully choreographed to reflect the mood of the music. - The Enquirer

CD 1
Tracks 1-4: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C 'Razumovsky' Op. 59 No. 3
Tracks 5-9: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor Op. 132
CD2
Tracks 1-4: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 2 in G major Op. 18 No. 2
Tracks 5-11: Beethoven: String Quartet No. 14 in C sharp minor Op. 131