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Moving on to No. 15, Op. 132 in A Minor. The Talich Quartet recordings are regarded as among the best. The founder, Jan Talich, passed earlier this year (his nephew, Jan Jr., currently occupies his seat).
![]() Talich members; Petr Messiereur - violin I, Jan Kvapil - violin II, Evžen Rattay - cello, Jan Talich - viola I think No. 15 is much more approachable in terms of immediate appreciation and the Talich is a fine recording. Here's a Spotify playlist which includes Talich versions of the late quartets and The Great or Grossee Fuge. |
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Ok, Wonhee Bae, Yuna Ha, Yeeun Heo, Kim Ji-won, collectively known as the Esmé Quartet bring No. 15 TO LIFE. Although the group was formally started in Cologne, Germany these four Korean women were apparently childhood friends. Their synchronicity is apparent in any event. I’m afraid they make the previous Talich Quartet version seem rather staid by comparison. It’s a first rate rendition (IMO) performed and taped earlier this year -
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I’m going to fall way behind. I’m sorry.
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Backtracking a bit to Op. 131 (the quartet that began the thread) I found this discussion and breakdown of the piece by Bruce Adolphe which is an experience in itself. It does throw light on the quartet’s construction and subsequent influence so if, like me, you’re especially taken with 131 it will intrigue.
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At least you're sort of keeping up. I wanted to, but got stuck way earlier. I WILL pick it up again
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Thanks for posting the videos, none of the Spotify links work for me in Malaysia, apparently the third world doesn't deserve culture! >: (
I'm not into classical music apart from the occasional piece and therefore have no idea how I would even begin to compare two performance of the same piece since they always seem to be so perfect (I always assume all of these musicians have started rigorous training since kindergarten and there is NO room for error or improv of any kind!). But thanks for your thoughts and effort, it helps to bring this elusive topic to laymen such as myself. I will be following occasionally. ![]() Edit: Actually I found a few Juliard quartets so I'll give them a go since you say they're among the best! ![]()
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Of course there is generally no error or improv, but these pieces of music are written down on paper, and even though they have instructions there is a lot of subtle room to decide how to play it so the musicians give their own interpretation. Like the same spoken language sounds a bit different depending on who says it because of the exact delivery
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That makes sense. But I wonder, is there a lot of room for interpretation? Can these pieces vary wildly (unless someone decided to do something experimental with them)?
I guess I should compare the various interpretations and see... ![]()
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