After over a decade of performances and residencies in the world’s most esteemed venues and festivals, the release of numerous critically acclaimed recordings and lauded with significant awards, the Calidore String Quartet is recognized as one of the world’s foremost interpreters of a vast repertory; from the cycles of quartets by Beethoven and Mendelssohn to works of celebrated contemporary voices like Grygory Kurtag, Jörg Widmann and Caroline Shaw.
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op 132 and 130 with the Grosse Fugue
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op 131 and 135
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
BEETHOVEN String Quartet No.13 in B-flat Major, Op.130 with Grosse Fuge
The third and final installment in their award-winning series, the Calidore Quartet return with a three-disc release of Beethoven Early Quartets. Their previous Beethoven recordings have been described as ‘highly collectible’ by BBC Music Magazine. The first album of Late Quartets won the Chamber Music Award at the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2024, and the second awarded Recording of the Month by Gramophone Magazine. “Our interpretation speaks to the influences of our teachers and the great traditions associated with this repertoire, but also to that of our own generation, contemporary research, style and experience. Though this music speaks in a language that is hundreds of years old, its message remains immediate, relevant and comforting to listeners of today and of generations to come even, and especially, in the most challenging of times”.
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Review of January 28th performance of Beethoven’s ‘Rasumovsky’ Quartets
Each quartet of op.59 was masterfully performed, but perhaps what impressed most was the way the group kept the score itself at the forefront of its interpretations...I was continually struck by the sweetness of sound from the Calidore – both as individuals and as a whole... All told, a wonderful evening.
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