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Weller Quartet plays a raucous Berg Quartet #3

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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.

https://www.discogs.com/Shostakovich-Berg-Weller-Quartet-The (Open in New Window)

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RE: Weller Quartet plays a raucous Berg Quartet #3 - steve.ott@kctcs.edu 17:33:05 07/16/16 (0)
Shostakovich string quartets/Fitzwilliam/L'oiseau -Lyre LPs

Bartok string quartets/Vegh quartet/Telefunken LPs
RE: 20th Century quartet sound -- acme is Quartetto Italiano (nt) - goldenthal 17:28:56 07/16/16 (2)
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- RE: 20th Century quartet sound -- acme is Juilliard String Quartet (nt) - rbolaw 16:03:40 07/17/16 (1)
  - RE: 20th Century quartet sound -- Put 'em up! (nt) - goldenthal 16:10:42 07/17/16 (0)
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Listening to it now... - Ivan303 17:07:06 07/16/16 (3)
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.
- RE: Listening to it now - Daverz 21:24:43 07/16/16 (2)
  If I may be allowed to gloat, so glad I bought this set when it was cheap. Also includes an excellent Schubert String Quintet.
  - RE: "[E]xcellent Schubert String Quintet" indeed!! (nt) - goldenthal 16:14:37 07/17/16 (0)
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  - Who says recorded music is dead? - Ivan303 06:28:33 07/17/16 (0)
    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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