Shimmering strings

An unprecedented luxury: listening to Beethoven by two quartets in one afternoon in a veritable mini marathon. The Belcea Quartet and Quatuor Ébène know each other well and value each other as partners. They selected masterpieces from Beethoven’s early and middle periods. The eight players conclude with Mendelssohn’s grandiose Octet. They divide the Beethoven quartets and in Mendelssohn’s Octet the Belcea Quartet and Quatuor Ébène come together. Anyone who has ever experienced them at the same time, these blistering strings, knows of the goosebumps they produce. Both quartets have their own character and that is precisely what makes their playing together exciting, challenging, imaginative and colorful. Two of the world’s best quartets joining hands offers a fantastic listening sensation.