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lennygoran
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by lennygoran » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:43 am
I like to watch Thirteen's PBS NYC Arts each week--this week they played a chamber music work I wasn't familiar with and it caught my fancy--afterwards I went upstairs and sure enough I have it--yep another work I never had time to listen to.
I read more about the work at wiki and found its early reception very interesting!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_Quartet_%28Ravel%29
The program included:
"A performance by the Calder Quartet during the celebration of the fortieth anniversary of the Avery Fisher Arts Program at Lincoln Center."
http://watch.thirteen.org/video/2365331914/
Regards, Len
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by jbuck919 » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:53 am
Oh, that.... Actually I heard the Calder Quartet perform exactly that work by default at the Lake Luzerne Festival last summer. (There is a post on the music review board.)
The Ravel Quartet is a childhood memory for me. I have always loved it. Ravel himself was in doubt about its quality and went to none other than Debussy for confirmation. Debussy told him not to change a single note. I have had musical friends of superior accomplishment who dismiss it, but I don't understand that, any more than you, Len, understand why I don't quite get Donizetti. It is a masterpiece, and I am delighted that you have been introduced to it.
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lennygoran
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by lennygoran » Mon Sep 29, 2014 5:58 am
jbuck919 wrote: Actually I heard the Calder Quartet perform exactly that work by default at the Lake Luzerne Festival last summer. ...I am delighted that you have been introduced to it.
Thanks-yes, quite enjoyable and watching the expressions on the faces of the players was fun--they exhibited more expressions than you find at some operas! Regards, Len
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by Wallingford » Mon Sep 29, 2014 11:09 pm
Here's the very first recording of it, given the composer's personal sanction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVTplB5IGis
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lennygoran
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by lennygoran » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:03 am
Chalkperson wrote:Try the Hollywood String Quartet, just like their Schubert Quintet it has never been bettered...
Thanks for the recommendation. Regards, Len
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lennygoran
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by lennygoran » Tue Sep 30, 2014 5:05 am
Thanks very interesting! Regards, Len
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by SONNET CLV » Tue Oct 14, 2014 12:12 am
I never tire of this quartet. In fact, it's probably the string quartet to which I've listened to more times than any other work in the form. A "desert island" piece for me, certainly.
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by maestrob » Tue Oct 14, 2014 11:39 am
SONNET CLV wrote:I never tire of this quartet. In fact, it's probably the string quartet to which I've listened to more times than any other work in the form. A "desert island" piece for me, certainly.
Yes. Along with the Debussy, and the Brahms Piano Quartets.
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