In Reply to: Emerson Quartet: live! posted by tinear on October 12, 2014 at 17:58:13:
I agree. I hear the Emerson Quartet last summer and it was a transcendent experience unapproachable by a recording, not matter how good the recording is. It is like the being in the same room with a person vs talking on Skype. I have also recently heard quartet performances by the Danish, Keller, Pacifica, and Takacs quartets and they were all amazing performances, with every detail and nuance being manifest. When I listened to the radio broadcast of the Emerson performance a few weeks later it was a pale reflection of the original performance, in spite of being very well recorded.
Edits: 10/13/14
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- RE: Emerson Quartet: live! - Tadlo 06:07:19 10/13/14 (1)
- I've also attended many other highly rated quartet performances: the Emerson to me is on a different - tinear 08:07:55 10/14/14 (0)