Germany’s Auryn Quartet, whose recordings of the complete Beethoven string quartets were called “the set to beat” by a reviewer for Gramophone, returns to Bates College to finish its three-year survey ...

Early Mendelssohn. Late Beethoven. Who could ask for anything more in a chamber-music concert? The Orion String Quartet closed the Cleveland Chamber Music Society's 58th season Tuesday at Fairmount ...

In 2004 the Takács Quartet completed their critically acclaimed Beethoven cycle with the six late quartets. Beloved of musicians and audiences alike, these works represent the culmination of Beethoven ...

Felix Mendelssohn's Second String Quartet, Op. 13, is a rich, lush piece. Scholars have pointed out parallels between it and Beethoven's brilliant late quartets—even though Mendelssohn was still a ...