Musicologist Arnold Schering believed Beethoven based his instrumental works on literary texts, using them as a dramatic framework that ultimately dissolved into the music.
Performer Biography
The Minetti Quartet has won numerous awards since its founding in 2003, including first prize at the International Rimbotti String Quartet competition.
Performer Biography
The Minetti Quartet is named after a play by dramatist Thomas Bernhard, who lived in Ohlsdorf, the birthplace of the quartet's two violinists.
Instruments
The Minetti Quartet performs with valuable instruments, including a violin by Giovanni Battista Guadagnini and a cello by Giovanni Tononi, provided by the Austrian National Bank.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in the Hofmusikkapelle in Vienna from April 29 to May 2, 2013.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven often used C Minor for particularly tragic content and F Minor as his second most tragic key.
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