The string quartet, a combination of two upper voices, one middle and one lower, gives the composer the minimum requirement for fourpart harmony. This idea of a bare minimum has entranced composers from Haydn – who started it all – right through to the present day, and the attention that so many great composers have given the genre has created an almost unrivalled succession of masterful works; Beethoven’s seventeen quartets acting almost as benchmarks, with Schubert, Brahms, Bartók and Shostakovich pitching in too.
In this four-part podcast, Roy Stratford to explores how the string quartet has adapted to changing musical styles and become arguably the most significant and fertile chamber music combination.
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András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 33: Piano Sonata in C minor Op. 111
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 32: Piano Sonata in A-flat major Op. 110
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 31: Piano Sonata in E major Op. 109
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 30: Piano Sonata in B-flat major Op. 106 ’Hammerklavier’ (continued)
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 29: Piano Sonata in B-flat major Op. 106 ’Hammerklavier’
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 28: Piano Sonata in A major Op. 101
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 27: Piano Sonata in E minor Op. 90
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 26: Piano Sonata in E-flat major Op. 81a ’Les Adieux’
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 25: Piano Sonata in G major Op. 79
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 24: Piano Sonata in F-sharp major Op. 78
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 23: Piano Sonata in F minor Op. 57 ’Appassionata’
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 22: Piano Sonata in F major Op. 54
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 21: Piano sonata in C major Op. 53 ’Waldstein’
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 20: Piano sonata in E-flat major Op. 31 No. 3
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 19: Piano sonata in D minor Op. 31 No. 2 ’Tempest’
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 18: Piano sonata in G major Op. 31 No. 1
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 17: Piano sonata in D major Op. 28 ’Pastoral’
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 16: Piano sonata in C-sharp minor Op. 27 No. 2 ’Moonlight’
András Schiff Beethoven Lecture Recitals: 15: Piano sonata in E-flat major Op. 27 No. 1
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