Beethoven arranged or recomposed a number of his works for other instruments. What do you think of that? I am personally completely unable to choose between his piano sonata #9 and his own arrangement for string quartet: Hess 34. I consider Hess 34 to be the most charming of his string quartets. I have a wonderful recording with Gewandhaus Quartett.
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Originally posted by Troels:
Beethoven arranged or recomposed a number of his works for other instruments. What do you think of that? I am personally completely unable to choose between his piano sonata #9 and his own arrangement for string quartet: Hess 34. I consider Hess 34 to be the most charming of his string quartets. I have a wonderful recording with Gewandhaus Quartett.
Concerning the arrangements in general, it was just an accepted practise in the music business. Most were not even done by Beethoven himself, or he merely corrected the work of somebody else. Beethoven's own arrangements I can easily live with.
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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod Corkin
[This message has been edited by Rod (edited April 16, 2003).]
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Originally posted by Rod:
I would say that, excellent though the quartet is, the sonata is better.
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Originally posted by Troels:
That may to some extent be a question about which recordings you happen to know. I have two other recordings of the quartet (Melos and Kodaly) and I do not consider any of them to be satisfactory.
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"If I were but of noble birth..." - Rod Corkin
[This message has been edited by Rod (edited April 16, 2003).]
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