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Music : Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets 1952 Recordings
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Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets 1952 Recordings by: Vegh Quartet |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0017685108426 Format: Box set Label: Music & Arts Program Manufacturer: Music & Arts Program Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Music & Arts Program Release Date: January 01, 2006 Studio: Music & Arts Program Sales Rank: 288717 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: Vegh Quartet: Sandor Vegh, Sandor Zoldy, Georges Janzer, Paul Szabo. Special Price: 7 CDs for the price of 4 Amazon.com: Few groups have successfully recorded Beethoven's complete quartets with the requisite technical facility and interpretive depth. They include such premier performers as the Busch (not quite complete), Budapest, Talich, Vegh, Italiano, and most recently, the Emerson. Each illuminates aspects of these quartets in a unique fashion. The Vegh's early 1970s set, available on Valois, has been treasured for its warmth and subtlety. But the same foursome's earlier recording for the Haydn Society has long been unavailable, so this first CD reissue is a welcome, fascinating companion to their heralded stereo version. In 1952, the Veghs were more blunt and more direct, using slightly faster tempos and a more objective approach, though full of individual touches not found elsewhere. The dry but clear sonics de-emphasize the cello-based warmth of the group's tonality and contribute to the more severe impression. The six quartets of Opus 18 are sober, missing the humor that most groups, including the 1972 Vegh, found in them, and the Grosse Fugue gets stodgy in places. But there's little to quibble about elsewhere. Every movement in this set quivers with interpretive integrity, and many of the individual quartets, including the Opus 59 No.1 and the Opus 130, are among the best ever. Housed in a compact box and priced competitively, this long-awaited reissue will be attractive to collectors. --Dan Davis Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - I must e a collectorI love this set, along with the cycle recorded by the Hungarian Quartet for EMI around the same time -- the early 50s. -- the Budapest Quartet from their Library Of Congress recordings, and the Hollywood Quartet recordings of the late quartets. Need I mention the Busch Quartet? Yes. My favorite remains the 1970s recordings by this same Vegh Quartet, but to me the energy and leaner recorded sound of this set offers a bracing experience, while not slighting the singing lines of the slow movements. If you enjoy the Busch and Budapest recordings, I believe you will enjoy this early Vegh cycle as well. Rating:  - For collectors onlyI recently purchased this set of Beethoven's string quartets, and I must say that aside from its more detailed sound, it shares many of the shortcomings of the set recorded by the Vegh in the early 70's. Contrary to what Mr. Davis implies, this set does not use consistently slightly faster tempos. Indeed the tempos are at times slower in both slow and fast movements than the 70's set. The Vegh is, at times, even more strained and lifeless in these performances than they were in those of the 70's. The Penguin Guide has sung the praises of the Vegh performances for years and seems to abhor performances of vitality, perfection, and exquisite beauty. It therefore chides the Cleveland Quartet for being shallow because of its "impeccable ... Read More: |
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