Beethoven Complete String Quartets, Volume I —
The Opus 18 Quartets

The Dover Quartet launches the first album in its new three-volume complete Beethoven quartet cycle with the six Opus 18 quartets. Often cited as the epitome of the classical string quartet as developed by Haydn and Mozart, the Opus 18 quartets foreshadow Beethoven’s future innovations. This is the Dover Quartet’s third Cedille Records album.

  • "If there is a general tendency in Op. 18 for quartets to fall in one of three main camps: those who focus on technical polish, those who revel in the music’s internal structural logic and ingenuity, and those who go behind the notes to uncover hidden expressive continuities – the Dover players manage to unite all three to a remarkable degree."

    Julian Haylock, The Strad

  • “[...] an exceptional beginning to what promises to be one of my favorite cycles.”

    CHARLES T. DOWNEY, IONARTS

  • “In these new recordings, Dover Quartet pulls out all the potential this music has to offer. Their performance is crisp and sharp throughout. In some places, they shed new light on those quartets that have never resonated with me.”

    LOUIS HARRIS, THIRD COAST REVIEW

  • “The Dover Quartet is the real deal, easily rising to the very top of the heap, and not just the heap of the many dynamic new arrivals that have burst onto the scene in recent years, but even to the top of that very select tier of the most venerated ensembles in the string quartet domain.”

    JERRY DUBINS, FANFARE MAGAZINE

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