The Calidore String Quartet is renowned for its 'deep reserves of virtuosity and irrepressible dramatic instinct,' according to The New York Times.
Recording & Production
The album was recorded in the Gore Recital Hall at the University of Delaware, where the Calidore String Quartet serves on the faculty.
Performer Biography
The name 'Calidore' is an amalgamation of 'California' and 'doré' (French for 'golden'), representing the ensemble's reverence for diversity and the support from its home, Los Angeles.
Instruments
Jeffrey Myers, violinist for the Calidore String Quartet, plays a violin made by Francesco Rugeri around 1680, on loan through the Leonhard Fellowship.
Performer Biography
The Calidore String Quartet won the $100,000 Grand Prize of the 2016 M-Prize International Chamber Music Competition, making international headlines.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Beethoven aimed to compose music that would unite people through fundamental human elements, rather than for a specific societal group.
Recording & Production
This album is the first release in a complete cycle of Beethoven's String Quartets for Signum Records, marking the Calidore String Quartet's most ambitious recording project to date.
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