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From: doug@prime.UUCP (Douglas Hamilton)
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Subject: Re: Beethoven quartets?
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Date: Fri, 6-Sep-85 10:13:32 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep  6 10:13:32 1985
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> ->I'm thinking of buying a CD recording of the Beethoven quartets.
> ->Right now there are two available:  the Smetana Quartet [Denon,
> ->almost complete but missing (probably) one disc] and the Berg
> ->Quartet [Angel, complete but possibly reissues of old recordings]
> ->
> ->Has anyone out there listened to these recordings?  Comments?

I have the Smetana recording and find it to be very enjoyable.  For
that matter, I have been extremely pleased with *ALL* the Smetana
recordings on Denon, especially the Haydn & Mozart Quintets with Josef Suk.
The performances are (to my ears) consistently beautiful - the
instruments seem to really "sing."  The Denon recordings are
consistently top quality - very quiet and very "live."  Close your
eyes and you feel you could reach out and touch the individual
instruments.  Can't comment on the Berg recording per se, but will
note that (again, to my ears) the Angel recordings (and I have many
of them also) never seem to be nearly as good as Denon's.
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