By Laurie Niles: Welcome to "For the Record," Violinist.com's weekly roundup of new releases of recordings by violinists, violists, cellists and other classical musicians. We hope it helps you keep track of your favorite artists, as well as find some new ones to add to your listening!![Takacs Quartet]()
The Takács Quartet. Photo by Keith Saunders.Takács Quartet: Complete Beethoven QuartetsTakács Quartet
The Takács Quartet. Photo by Keith Saunders.
It's been a season of celebrating Beethoven for the Takács Quartet, a group that was originally formed in 1975. This set includes the complete Beethoven String Quartets, recorded between 2002 and 2004, with seven CDs, a Blu-ray Audio disc, and a bonus DVD. During the 2016-2017 season, the Takács Quartet (now with violinists Edwin Dusinberre, Károly Schranz, violist Geraldine Walther and cellist Károly Schranz) has been performing complete, six-concert Beethoven cycles at London's Wigmore Hall, Princeton University, the University of Michigan and the University of California, Berkeley. All members of the quartet are currently Christoffersen Faculty Fellows at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Takács first violinist Edward Dusinberre also has published a book, Beethoven for a Later Age: The Journey of a String Quartet, about the life of a string quartet, which explores the circumstances surrounding the composition of Beethovens quartets with a combination of history and memoir.BELOW: From 2009, the Takacs Quartet performs an excerpt from Beethoven String Quartet No. 14, from a live concert at the Auditorium du Louvre. If you have a new recording you would like us to consider for inclusion in our Thursday "For the Record" feature, please e-mail Editor Laurie Niles. Be sure to include the name of your album, a link to it and a short description of what it includes.