Browse: Beethoven - String Quintet in C major, Op. 29

…the String in E flat, Op. 4… is agreeable, relaxed and undemanding… The Quintet in C major, Op. 29, … is an impressive work… sensuously appealing, and … intricate in structure… I can’t envisage... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

... all the beauties of tone and phrasing of their reading are under-pinned by a fine gravity of utterance and a firm continuity of line — Gramophone Magazine More…

This is the most exciting new disc of string quartet playing that I have come across for a long time — BBC Music Magazine, March 2016 More…

Cologne’s WDR Chamber Players dive into these works with gusto and give us characterful, cogent, committed performances. Alpha’s recording is also top-notch. — Fanfare, September/October 2020 More…

...the enlarged Fine Arts Quartet delivers a strongly committed performance of [the C major String Quintet], supported by a beautifully balanced but clear recording. They are particularly admirable... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…