Shanghai Quartet - Beethoven Razumovsky Quartets

The Shanghai Quartet says it best in the introductory statement included in this new release. "We saved Beethoven for our 20th anniversary. We believe that music of this stature is the kind of challenge and statement we wish to make on this special occasion … Chinese do not play music simply for entertainment, but to elicit profound thoughts. Such music is what traditional Chinese might play upon the death of a beloved, the birth of a child, upon leaving for war, or returning to peace."

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