The Takács, Juilliard, and Emerson Quartets all recorded definitive Bartók cycles.Music linernotes album music
Beethoven's Op. 74 is called the 'Harp' quartet for its pizzicato arpeggiosMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's middle quartets run from the Rasumovsky works through the Harp and SeriosoMusic linernotes album music
Beethoven's middle quartets are longer, bolder, and more complex than the Op. 18 setMusic linernotes album music
Bartók's 'night music' passages evoke insects and birds in the string quartets — nature as dissonanceMusic linernotes album music
