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The Best of String Quartets (16)

String quartets are perhaps the most accomplished ensembles in the world of chamber music. Less anonymous than the orchestra musicians, the members of the quartet play nevertheless as "a team", although without any conductor. They travel around the globe to challenge themselves and get international recognition in world class competitions, and in order to give performances in concert. A particular alchemy is produced, and very tight strings are often created between the members...

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Nicholas Angelich and the Ébène Quartet perform Franck and Beethoven 01:26:15
concert
Verbier Festival

Nicholas Angelich and the Ébène Quartet perform Franck and Beethoven

Verbier Festival 2010
Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, and Emanuel Ax rehearse and play Brahms's Piano Quartets No. 1 and 2 01:48:38
concert

Isaac Stern, Jaime Laredo, Yo-Yo Ma, and Emanuel Ax rehearse and play Brahms's Piano Quartets No. 1 and 2

Recording Brahms, Part I
The Rolston Sessions 01:15:56
documentary
Banff International String Quartet Competition

The Rolston Sessions

Meet with the candidates of the 2013 Banff International String Quartet Competition
Renaud Capuçon, the Modigliani Quartet and David Kadouch play Franck, Ravel, and Chausson 01:44:45
concert
La Grange au Lac

Renaud Capuçon, the Modigliani Quartet and David Kadouch play Franck, Ravel, and Chausson

Rencontres Musicales d’Évian 2016
The Psophos Quartet performs Debussy and Grieg 01:02:04
concert

The Psophos Quartet performs Debussy and Grieg

Concert recorded at the Corum in Montpellier
Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 2 and Ernst von Dohnányi's Sextet 01:06:15
concert
Verbier Festival

Mozart's Piano Quartet No. 2 and Ernst von Dohnányi's Sextet

Verbier Festival 2008
Karlheinz Stockhausen: Helicopter String Quartet 01:17:11
documentary

Karlheinz Stockhausen: Helicopter String Quartet

Arditti String Quartet

  • Holland Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
The Calidore String Quartet performs Mendelssohn's String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80 28:42
concert
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

The Calidore String Quartet performs Mendelssohn's String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 80

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Inside Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131 01:09:16
master class
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

Inside Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center: Inside Chamber Music
The Ébène Quartet performs Schubert and Mozart 56:06
concert
Verbier Festival

The Ébène Quartet performs Schubert and Mozart

Verbier Festival 2008
A String Quartet in the Land of the Rising Sun
documentary

A String Quartet in the Land of the Rising Sun

A documentary by Misha Györik
The Artemis Quartet interprets Beethoven, Verdi and Webern 56:26
concert

The Artemis Quartet interprets Beethoven, Verdi and Webern

Concert at the Bouffes du Nord (Paris)

  • Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord (Paris, France)
The Amadeus Quartet performs Haydn and Mozart 50:34
concert

The Amadeus Quartet performs Haydn and Mozart

Recorded in 1980-1983

  • Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London, Great Britain)
  • Tredegar House (Newport, Great Britain)
The Borodin Quartet plays Schubert and Brahms 01:24:05
concert
Philharmonie de Paris - Philharmonie 2

The Borodin Quartet plays Schubert and Brahms

Concert at the Cité de la musique, 2010
Gábor Takács-Nagy teaches Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor 01:12:50
master class

Gábor Takács-Nagy teaches Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor

Treasures of the Masterclass Media Foundation

  • Verbier Festival Academy (Verbier, Switzerland)
Gábor Takács-Nagy teaches Bartók: String Quartet No. 5 01:06:46
master class

Gábor Takács-Nagy teaches Bartók: String Quartet No. 5

Treasures of the Masterclass Media Foundation

  • Verbier Festival Academy (Verbier, Switzerland)

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