By the Concord String Quartet-long forgotten but truly epic; right in there with the Busch and Quartetto Italiano. The fugue movement is truly spellbinding and is the same length of the Busch. Do not know why almost all their recordings have disappeared from the catalog.
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Topic - Want to pass on a thrilling performance of Beethoven Quartet OP. 132 - Utley1 13:53:18 01/10/16 (35)
- The Tokyo String Quartet with Oundjian is no slouch, either - Jay Buridan 14:13:18 01/22/17 (1)
- RE: The Tokyo String Quartet with Oundjian is no slouch, either - rbolaw 15:59:47 01/22/17 (0)
- Yale Quartet - pbarach 18:57:05 01/18/17 (3)
- Barylli and Hungarian Quartets - bald2 18:23:34 01/19/17 (2)
- Hungarian mono set... - Kas 06:39:35 01/20/17 (1)
- RE: Hungarian mono set... - bald2 21:14:28 01/20/17 (0)
- The Amadeus Quartet is no slouch, either - Jay Buridan 16:21:40 01/18/17 (0)
- Just ordered the Prazak set from deepdiscount.com - Jay Buridan 19:27:27 01/11/17 (0)
- I like Quartetto Italiano and the ABQ interpretations - Jay Buridan 14:39:59 01/08/17 (0)
- My favorite performances by a string quartet of today are the Cypress Quartet's 3-CD/download set - John Marks 07:33:09 01/12/16 (3)
- RE: My favorite performances by a string quartet of today are the Cypress Quartet's 3-CD/download set - learsfool 19:27:44 01/13/16 (0)
- RE: My favorite performances by a string quartet of today are the Cypress Quartet's 3-CD/download set - Utley1 08:15:00 01/12/16 (1)
- Their website has sound samples - John Marks 09:33:06 01/12/16 (0)
- What fugue movment? nt - Tadlo 13:05:39 01/11/16 (3)
- Typo? He must have been referring to Op. 131? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 21:24:35 01/11/16 (2)
- RE: Typo? Or maybe 130 with 133 for the finale? nt - Tadlo 06:55:27 01/12/16 (1)
- RE: Typo? Or maybe 130 with 133 for the finale? nt - Utley1 13:48:21 01/12/16 (0)
- I can answer your query... - krisjan 14:19:32 01/10/16 (17)
- RE: I can answer your query... - Utley1 15:43:25 01/10/16 (16)
- "Worse than even intonation problems, the Concord actually plays out of tune." - oldmkvi 07:32:27 01/12/16 (0)
- ". . . the Concord actually plays out of tune. So what!" - Chris from Lafayette 12:13:00 01/11/16 (9)
- RE: The Italiano - goldenthal 15:35:50 01/24/16 (0)
- " I wouldn't be too quick to defend out-of-tune playing" - oldmkvi 07:34:38 01/12/16 (0)
- RE: ". . . the Concord actually plays out of tune. So what!" - Utley1 12:50:15 01/11/16 (6)
- I have the Fine Arts Everest LP sets... - briggs 09:22:05 01/12/16 (4)
- RE: I have the Fine Arts Everest LP sets... - Utley1 10:50:44 01/12/16 (3)
- Fine Arts Quartet -- and a Pleasant Surprise - briggs 13:34:24 01/12/16 (2)
- RE: Fine Arts Quartet -- and a Pleasant Surprise - Utley1 13:52:48 01/12/16 (0)
- RE: Fine Arts Quartet -- and a Pleasant Surprise - Utley1 13:41:31 01/12/16 (0)
- Strange - I never did hear any of the Fine Arts Quartet performances [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 21:26:27 01/11/16 (0)
- I think it's entirely a matter of personal taste, but FWIW ... - rbolaw 16:08:42 01/10/16 (4)
- RE: I think it's entirely a matter of personal taste, but FWIW ... - Utley1 16:19:38 01/10/16 (3)
- Whoops. - rbolaw 17:28:58 01/10/16 (2)
- Nobody mentioned the Cleveland Qt on Telarc CD. nt - oldmkvi 10:32:13 01/12/16 (1)
- Another set I missed - has it held up well? [nt] - Chris from Lafayette 15:23:01 01/12/16 (0)