Kuss Quartet - Beethoven: The String QuartetsThe Kuss Quartet, renowned for their penetrating and searching performances of quartet repertoire spanning from Haydn to Birtwhistle, celebrate the Beethoven anniversary year with this boxed set of his complete string quartets. Recorded live in Tokyo's Suntory Hall, the Kuss Quartet performs on the four Stradivarius instruments collectively known as the 'Paganini Quartet.' Among the most cherished possessions of the famed virtuoso, these superb

Rich Cason and the Galactic Orchestra and many more intergalactic space warriors

For his 1900 ballet Egyptian Nights

and the precociously talented teenager

The music they make both together andseparately is entirely their own

most of the repertoire on this album consists of lesser-known works incorporating elements of dance forms from Spain and Portugal

and permeated with brusque mood swings

Mitsuhisa)

Recorded live to tape at Electrical Audio & The Graham Foundation

in the course of the Leipzig Bach Renaissance around Felix Mendelssohn

and recorded in a 150-square-foot bedroom from the least cool city you could think of

"Perfectly Imperfect"

among other prestigious posts