The Budapest String Quartet has always been my standard-bearer for chamber music. I grew up listening to their recordings, and especially admired not only their gorgeous sound, but also the uncanny ...

This article is more than 8 years old. I was late to the party of Davitt Moroney’s Art of the Fugue which saw its first release in 1985 – a whopping 30-some years ago. It was re-released as part of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. David Hockney used his iPad to create this portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven in celebration of his 250th birthday this week. (David ...

The line of cars expecting to enter the underground parking of the Colburn School was long and stationary. A Beethoven concert was to begin in 10 minutes. It took another frustratingly full 25 minutes ...

In the spring of 1825, when Beethoven was 54, he became terribly sick. He was in bed for a month and he wrote to his doctor, "I am not feeling well ... I am in great pain." The doctor put Beethoven on ...

Among the key pieces of the classical-music repertoire Beethoven's string quartets. Recordings by the Budapest Quartet are essential to critic... Budapest Quartet Gets To The Heart Of Beethoven The ...

It’s fair to say to say that such “Best-Of” lists are inherently daft if one clings too literally to the idea of “Best.” Still, I have been making “Best of the Year” lists for classical music since ...