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Episode 39 – Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt of Dover Quartet / Beethoven Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1
On this episode of Classical Chicago, Cedille President Jim Ginsburg joins Dover Quartet violist Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt in conversation about the quartet’s new series of Beethoven string quartets. Beethoven Complete String Quartets, Volume I kicks off the emerging 3-volume series with the composer’s theatrical Opus 18 quartets.
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