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: Sat, 20 Jul 2024 13:08:13 +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="3943309"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="L4ozCGMUEbXVEIzIXD99et3+WnVNFBKXawH4b6+kPZQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: be875b3aae916c2b12c8684b10982543d49ec6b1 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$dF7Ls8OYgokv2iClrJuoHevfGqxM/g0I4cpgR/lNJ6fxBZrbL6/SW X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Bytes: 2306 Lines: 41 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. None. Everything that came after op. 110 is of inferior musical quality. Fine craft, no music. The only LvB quartet I still listen to is op. 95. > Not: which is your favorite recording, a topic > that has been discussed a million times. Are there any rules or regulations that prohibit discussing the topic again? > It's perhaps a topic for people who like Beethoven's > string quartets. And Beethoven in general. Why? > 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.' So you want to talk about the work you like the least from this set, while at the same time you lecture others not to discuss works or composers they don't like? One rule for Herman and one rule for everyone else? > I love the first two movements, though. Then why don't you write a better completion of the work? There is such a tremendous marketing opportunity for your skills. Imagine headlines in all major magazines "Forgotten Dutch fiddler improves Beethoven's late quartets". Ciao!