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    Which recordings of the Beethoven quartets ?

    The Strings quartets is the Beethoven
    compositions which I like best. Since I can not afford to buy every recordings, I would see if it is possible on this page to reach any consencus on which is advisable before I buy a new set.

    To keep the debate clear I would advice that the participants distinguish between recordings of the early, middle and late quartets.


    #2
    Originally posted by Joern Halvorsen:

    To keep the debate clear I would advice that the participants distinguish between recordings of the early, middle and late quartets.

    For Op.18 I'd go for Quartetto Italiano (Philips)

    Op.59 1-3 /Op.74 Hungarian Quartet (EMI)

    Late - Talich Quartet (Calliope)

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      #3
      Originally posted by Joern Halvorsen:

      To keep the debate clear I would advice that the participants distinguish between recordings of the early, middle and late quartets.

      I've quite liked the complete set done by the Emerson Quartet. They were featured a couple of years ago on PBS Radio (St. Paul's Sunday) and I was much impressed. Unfortunately, I can't compare them with other performers as my experience there is very limited.

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        #4
        I can't compare them with anything, but the Alban Berg quartet version of the late quartets is at least convincent.

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          #5
          Beethoven's "Grosse Fugue" is personally my favorite string quartet. It's one of his late quartets and probably most inovative, as it had considerable influence on the works of Stravinski. I wouldn't recommend it to a casual Beethoven listener, because it does more often than not challenge the listener with its incessantly playful dissonance, but the more I have listened to it, the more it has grown on me.

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            #6
            Try to find the very old BUSH QUARTET...

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              #7
              Originally posted by 18bman:
              Beethoven's "Grosse Fugue" is personally my favorite string quartet.
              The question has often come up on Fifteen-to-One: Q: Beethoven wrote how many String Quartets? A: 17.

              I presume that they count the Grosse Fuge as a separate Quartet along with the other, complete 16, but this notion doesn't sit easily with me.

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                #8
                Originally posted by PDG:
                The question has often come up on Fifteen-to-One: Q: Beethoven wrote how many String Quartets? A: 17.

                I presume that they count the Grosse Fuge as a separate Quartet along with the other, complete 16, but this notion doesn't sit easily with me.

                Aren't they counting the arr of the E major piano sonata Op.14 no.1 ?

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Peter:
                  Aren't they counting the arr of the E major piano sonata Op.14 no.1 ?

                  I doubt they were refering to op14 which is not well known, but the fugue was officially published as an independent work, thus it is legitimately a quartet on its own.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Peter:
                    Aren't they counting the arr of the E major piano sonata Op.14 no.1 ?

                    Ah, could be!! I shall write to William G. Stewart, forthwith!

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Rod:
                      I doubt they were refering to op14 which is not well known, but the fugue was officially published as an independent work, thus it is legitimately a quartet on its own.

                      I know that the Fugue was published in a four-hand piano arrangement, but I didn't know that it was printed as a string quartet in its own right.

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by PDG:
                        I know that the Fugue was published in a four-hand piano arrangement, but I didn't know that it was printed as a string quartet in its own right.

                        The deal was that Beethoven would compose a replacement finale for op130 and the fugue would then be published on its own, as op133.

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                          #13
                          Actually, I DID know this! I'm having one of those days..........

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