• Beethoven string quartets

    From Herman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 11 11:14:09 2024
    I got a head start in Beethoven's late sting quartets (opp 127 thru 135)
    when my mother gave me an LP with the Bflat major quartet op 130 / 133
    for my birthday. I think I turned eighteen or nineteen back then. It was
    the LaSalle Quartet. Later she gave me two more, with the A minor
    quartet (132) and the C sharp minor (131).


    I have been around the block many times since then. I have had times I
    liked the Eflat quartet best, op 127. Or the valedictory op 135.

    Because the 130/133 was my start, I have always remained attached to the
    Bflat major. However, often I feel, as so many do, the op 131 is
    Beethoven's ultimate string quartet.

    So how do you feel? What is your favorite?

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  • From Herman@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 18 20:06:12 2024
    "So how do you feel? What is your favorite?"

    My question was: what is your favorite piece among the last five LvB
    quartets.

    Not: which is your favorite recording, a topic that has been discussed a million times.

    It's perhaps a topic for people who like Beethoven's string quartets.
    And Beethoven in general.

    Of the ABC quartets I like the A minor least, or rather, I haven't heard
    many performances of the Heilige Dankgesang which didn't make me think
    'Let's cut to the chase now.'

    I love the first two movements, though.

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  • From Herman@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 19 13:34:26 2024
    Apples and oranges.

    In spite of their highish opusnumbers, those sextets are from LvB's
    earliest years.

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  • From Herman@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jul 20 09:28:10 2024
    people left RMCR because of your incredibly boring "humor". The "horny"
    stuff etc.

    Some of these people moved to this group, hoping to be able to discuss
    music without your boorish and yet pretentious contributions inevitably
    sucking the oxygen out of the room.

    You hate Beethoven, and yet the overwhelming majority of messages on
    this Beethoven SQ topic are by you, saying (fot instance) LvB's late SQs
    are 'pretentious'. And then moving on to the overly familiar boorish
    unfunny jokes.

    It's pathological the way you seek out people who hate you. (Not that
    there are many people who don't.)

    Please go away.

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