The Takács Quartet begins with the firstof Beethoven’s Op. 18 pieces, a mightyfour-movement work that contributed to thecomposer’s emergence as a master of thestring quartet.

Beethoven’s determinationto explore and experiment is also presentin the ‘Harp’ Quartet, while the meditativestillness and serenity of Op. 131 reflect themature artist’s profound sense of wonderabout the nature of existence.