In Reply to: By definition then, the Beethoven Quartet is more authoritative. posted by gd on May 10, 2007 at 06:24:42:
...they sound mighty sure of themselves. And they might laud the Borodin for "breathing the air" of Shostakovich, butFrom 1938 the Beethoven collaborated closely with the composer Dmitri Shostakovich and premiered the majority of his string quartets. His third and fifth quartets were dedicated to the Beethoven Quartet, while quartets numbers eleven to fourteen were individually dedicated to each of the members of the quartet.
And yes, they're great in the L.v.Beethoven quartets as well. Pity so little of this material was issued in the West, I consider myself fortunate to have gotten hold of it.
clark
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Follow Ups
- People who favor the Borodin just haven't heard the Beethoven -- yet... - clarkjohnsen 08:01:17 05/10/07 (9)
- I would like to hear the Beethoven's. What vinyl company were they released on? NT - jdaniel 08:29:33 05/11/07 (3)
- Vanguard is the best bet (I think) - gd 20:45:09 05/11/07 (0)
- Trouble, trouble. - clarkjohnsen 08:55:57 05/11/07 (1)
- The Beethoven Quartet Shostakovich cycle on CD - rbolaw 13:54:29 05/11/07 (0)
- All yours, Clark, don't worry - tlyyra 08:26:35 05/10/07 (4)
- Re: Lighten up - mbmiller@bcpl.net 04:54:13 05/13/07 (0)
- "None so deaf as those who won't listen." nt - clarkjohnsen 08:37:41 05/10/07 (1)
- That was the point, if you failed to get it. (n/t) - tlyyra 08:41:56 05/10/07 (0)
- Clark is the most enlightened guy he knows!:-) n/t - SE 08:31:48 05/10/07 (0)