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Weller Quartet plays a raucous Berg Quartet #3

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Posted on July 16, 2016 at 16:42:45
banpuku
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 This recording from 1965 is exceptional. The sound quality of my London ffrr LP is top notch. Full sound from top to bottom with extraordinary dynamics. If your system has a good tonal balance, then this LP will sing silky high end notes with great attack. The Berg score is really leading edge and quite unsettling. But in a good way, unsettling. The aggressive playing by the Weller SQ keeps the listener on his/her toes and fully engaged. Fortunately, the tonal balance of this LP is just right and to my ears, this LP represents one of the nearest "live" or "in your room" renditions that I have heard. My system has never sounded so good and music really appears to be coming from within the room, rather than a hi-fi sound.

Highly recommended.

That said, please identify any LPs for string quartet (preferably 20th century) that have great sound quality. Let's hear from all our classical LP fanatics. Both mono and stereo.



 

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Listening to it now..., posted on July 16, 2016 at 17:07:06
Ivan303
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It's on the 8 CD box set which is about $100 on AMAZON but up for streaming in lossless FLAC on both QOBUZ and TIDAL.


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RE: 20th Century quartet sound -- acme is Quartetto Italiano (nt), posted on July 16, 2016 at 17:28:56
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RE: Weller Quartet plays a raucous Berg Quartet #3, posted on July 16, 2016 at 17:33:05
steve.ott@kctcs.edu
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 Shostakovich string quartets/Fitzwilliam/L'oiseau -Lyre LPs

Bartok string quartets/Vegh quartet/Telefunken LPs

 

RE: Listening to it now, posted on July 16, 2016 at 21:24:43
Daverz
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 If I may be allowed to gloat, so glad I bought this set when it was cheap. Also includes an excellent Schubert String Quintet.

 

Who says recorded music is dead?, posted on July 17, 2016 at 06:28:33
Ivan303
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The record labels have tons to stuff folks would pay for it that put it back into print.

If you like something cheaper and a bit more obscure in string quartet music, the above 2 CD set is something I knew nothing of until I heard it for the first time last night.

Again, streaming lossless FLAC but not so bad in price at less than $20 with free shipping on Amazon Prime.






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And I did not speak out
Because I was not a dumb-ass

 

RE: 20th Century quartet sound -- acme is Juilliard String Quartet (nt), posted on July 17, 2016 at 16:03:40
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RE: 20th Century quartet sound -- Put 'em up! (nt), posted on July 17, 2016 at 16:10:42
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RE: "[E]xcellent Schubert String Quintet" indeed!! (nt), posted on July 17, 2016 at 16:14:37
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