COMPOSERS: Beecke
LABELS: CPO
WORKS: String Quartets, M9, M11 & M16
PERFORMER: Arioso Quartet
CATALOGUE NO: 999 509-2
Ignaz von Beecke, Bavarian army officer, pianist and composer, wrote stage and orchestral works, keyboard music – and 15 string quartets. These three, from 1770 onwards, reveal melodic charm and refreshing Classical poise, domestic chamber music well worth a hearing, if rather over-resonantly recorded. George Pratt
Beecke
Ignaz von Beecke, Bavarian army officer, pianist and composer, wrote stage and orchestral works, keyboard music – and 15 string quartets. These three, from 1770 onwards, reveal melodic charm and refreshing Classical poise, domestic chamber music well worth a hearing, if rather over-resonantly recorded. George Pratt
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