For the last three years, the Elias Quartet have been devoting their time to a complete concert cycle of the Beethoven quartets, which they have performed at venues up and down the country. The first instalment was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 over the Christmas-New Year period last year; now, in this second part, broadcast throughout this week on Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, they bring the project to a conclusion.
Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major, Op 18 No 6 Elias Quartet. Recorded in May at the Turner Sims Concert Hall, University of Southampton.
Beethoven: String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 Elias Quartet. Recorded in May at All Saints Church Brighton, as part of the 2014 Brighton Festival.
00:04 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in B flat, Op 18 No 6 Ensemble: Elias Quartet.
00:32 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 Ensemble: Elias Quartet.
First broadcast: 30 Dec 2014 (b04vdsx6) https://vk.com/wall-71199334_22