Juilliard String Quartet - Beethoven: The Late String Quartets (1984) CD-Rip

Never have I heard the extraordinary and even 'strange' or 'otherworldly' character of the late Beethoven string quartets better than in the performance of the Julliard Quartet. They perfectly caption what could not be better described then as the revolution in the writing of string quartets that these late quartets represent. One could even say that some passages lay a bomb under the expectations of contemporary listereners and even now could almost shock you. So powerful and profound is this music while only using the modest means of four string instruments. Away with civilised chitchat, away with certainty! Here comes Beethoven!

Highly, highly reccomended. Recording techniques may have bettered afterwards (relative to your taste) but this performance has a unique character and quality that are nowhere else to be found (imho)