Brodsky Quartet - Late String QuartetsThe late quartets are among the last works that Beethoven completed, and are considered by many as the pinnacle of his achievements as a composer, and among the greatest compositions of all time. The Russian prince Nikolai Galitzin wrote to Beethoven in November 1822, requesting 'one, two or three new quartets, for which labor I will be glad to pay you what you think proper'. This commission resulted in the Quartets, Opp. 127, 132, and 130, after

twenty-one dances

a young woman comforting her old father (O mio babbino caro

yet all contain the special stamp of one of America's most passionate songwriters

The first two tracks on the album get things rolling to perfection

these albums include Meditation Aumgu

acted as a (pre-digital) kind of virtuality

and John Claggart

as well as Hendrix himself

Ryan (guitar/piano/vocals)

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a contemporary of Josquin DePrez and court composer to the French Kings

the Adagio of the Second is overtly elegiac in mood