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By definition then, the Beethoven Quartet is more authoritative.

The Beethoven Quartet worked for many more years with the composer.

I have the first two Borodin cycles, the second being my favorite. I only have a few Beethoven Quartet rec. on LP. That said I am beginning to feel that maybe the Beethoven Quartet is more apt. Maybe the 2nd Borodin cycle is just too strident.

A real eye opener was hearing String Quartet No. 3 quartet with Julian Sitkovetsky, S Kovetsky, Rudolf Barshai, Yakov Slobodkin. It's a throw away filler on a Oistrakh Brahms/Greig sonata CD. The style is much more human and probing. I might have a listen to the first cycle again, but the Angel transfers are terrible, so I confess audiophile disconnect there.

I still love the Borodins, but I remember a brief flirtation with the Juilliard Quartet in Beethoven - it was faster and more aggressive - but ultimately not as "musical" as I think Beethoven should be. I'm wondering the same thing with the Borodins. I am less and less interested in a supreme interpretation (speaking as a Furtwangler fan, too) than I am in unique expressions, what ever that means.

I have never heard the Beethoven Quartet play Beethoven quartets, but they are supposed to be great as well.


Gregg


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