Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: DeepBlue Newsgroups: rec.music.classical Subject: Re: Beethoven string quartets Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2024 22:51:08 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="3760714"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="L4ozCGMUEbXVEIzIXD99et3+WnVNFBKXawH4b6+kPZQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$pXbcrdsIXZ9PBMNXoB64zeUpzP18wbCfcdInHEZis2s/CIEUhHG.S X-Rslight-Posting-User: be875b3aae916c2b12c8684b10982543d49ec6b1 Bytes: 1598 Lines: 22 On Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:06:12 +0000, Herman wrote: > "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. One can have favorite recordings of works one does not particularly care for, even including Bruckner, Wagner, or the Great Boring van Beethoven. One can appreciate the craft even when one cannot find art. The most appropriate way to describe the LvB quartets is "befuddled". Especially the latte ones. Etc....