Stewart Fabb wrote:

>Dear listers, I am wanting to obtain a complete set of Beethoven string
>quartets and am a bit overwhelmed by what is on offer.  I appreciate that
>no one set can do complete justice to these works so what I am basically
>looking for is a performance that will give me a good overall
>understanding of these quartets.

Stewart, If you have an understanding of the quartets and would like to
have an interpretation of all of them by the same group, I am sure that
you cannot go wrong with the groups you, and other members, mention.

However, if you are just starting to explore the works, perhaps the
complete quartets performed by the Alexander Quartet on Arte Nova,
74321 63637 2, would be a good introduction.

Ron Chaplin