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Beethoven & Hillborg: Chamber Works

4/19/2019, 12 Tracks, 1:19:05

Featuring

  • Benjamin Jacobson
  • Andrew Bulbrook
  • Jonathan Moerschel
  • Eric Byers
  • Calder Quartet
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Anders Hillborg

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Performer Biography

The Calder Quartet, the performers on this album, were inspired to record these works due to their deep admiration for Beethoven's string quartets.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Ignaz Schuppanzigh, a lifelong friend of Beethoven, and his quartet gave the first performance of Beethoven's Opus 18 quartets.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The six quartets of Beethoven's Opus 18 were commissioned by the Bohemian prince Lobkovich, an accomplished violinist and cellist.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beethoven's C-sharp Minor quartet, Opus 131, was commissioned by the Russian prince Galitzin, who urged Beethoven to return to writing string quartets.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Beethoven's string quartets, including those on this album, were originally intended for private aristocratic salons in Vienna, not public concerts.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Jonathan Moerschel, the violist of the Calder Quartet, plays on a viola known as the 'ex-Adam', made by Gasparo da Salo in 1590, on loan from the Stradivari Society.

Source: Booklet

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