Late String Quartets (Beethoven) - Recordings

Recordings

Ensembles that have recorded all the late string quartets by Beethoven include;

Alban Berg Quartet, EMI (studio early 80s)

Alban Berg Quartet, EMI (rec. live 1989)

Alexander String Quartet, Foghorn Classics

Amadeus Quartet, DG

Barylli Quartet

Borodin Quartet, Chandos

Budapest String Quartet, Bridge (rec. 1941-60)

Budapest String Quartet, Sony (rec. 1958-61)

Busch Quartet, various labels (rec. 1933-41; no Grosse Fuge)

Cleveland Quartet, RCA (1970s)

Cleveland Quartet, Telarc (1990s)

Colorado Quartet, Parnassus (rec. 2004-06)

Emerson String Quartet, DG

Endellion String Quartet, Warner Classics (2005-06)

Gewandhaus-Quartett, New Classical Adventure (rec. live 1985-98)

Guarneri Quartet, RCA

Hagen Quartett, DG

Hollywood String Quartet, Testament

Hungarian Quartet, (1953 mono) EMI

Hungarian Quartet, (1960s stereo) EMI

Juilliard String Quartet, CBS studio late 60s

Juilliard String Quartet, CBS (rec. live 1982)

Kodaly Quartet, Naxos

Lasalle Quartet, DG (reissued on Brilliant Classics)

Leipziger Streichquartett, MDG

Lindsays, ASV

Medici Quartet, Nimbus

Melos Quartett, DG

Orford String Quartet, Delos

Orion String Quartet, Koch Classics (2008)

Petersen Quartett, Capriccio

Prazak Quartet, Praga

Quartetto Italiano, Decca

Smetana Quartet, Supraphon

Suske Quartett, Berlin Classics

Takács Quartet, Decca (2005)

Talich Quartet, Calliope

Taneyev Quartet, Boheme

Tokyo String Quartet, RCA (1993)

Tokyo String Quartet, Harmonia Mundi (2010)

Vanbrugh Quartet, Intim Musik (1996)

Vermeer Quartet, Teldec, (rec. 1984-89)

Vegh Quartet, (1952 Les Discophiles Français) Music & Arts

Vegh Quartet, (1972 Telefunken) Naïve-Astrée

Wihan Quartet, Nimbus

Yale Quartet, Vanguard