_Which_ Juilliard Serioso, DAN?? C'mon, man!
Be precise. Are you asking about the 1960 record
(Mann, Cohen, Hillyer, Adam) or the 1970 remake
w/ ringers Carlyss and Rhodes replacing Cohen
and Hillyer)? Pray tell, 'cos we can't read yr mind.
I've neglected to get clot-shotted with the most
recent booster and my superpowers have been
thusly deactivated.
Emerson is out from the start - too fast, hacky and vigorous for me. Won't do.
Julliard...... hmmmm, you could make out a case for them though
they're pretty brisk and efficient and not particularly lyrical or singing. Not really to my taste at all, and there are better. In the late Beethoven quartets I like a very horizontal approach rather than vertical - long lines rather than power chords. Give the melodic lines plenty of time to breathe - draw them out as much as they need. So the quartets I like here are:
Vegh 1952
Hungarian 1955
Tokyo
Talich
Skampa
Barylli
Italian
Earlier is better here, especially the Vegh and Hungarians who are miles ahead. I do like the Tokyo and Talich, and the others on the list are OK too.
Emerson is out from the start - too fast, hacky and vigorous for me. Won't do.approach rather than vertical - long lines rather than power chords. Give the melodic lines plenty of time to breathe - draw them out as much as they need. So the quartets I like here are:
Julliard...... hmmmm, you could make out a case for them though they're pretty brisk and efficient and not particularly lyrical or singing. Not really to my taste at all, and there are better. In the late Beethoven quartets I like a very horizontal
Vegh 1952
Hungarian 1955
Tokyo
Talich
Skampa
Barylli
Italian
Earlier is better here, especially the Vegh and Hungarians who are miles ahead. I do like the Tokyo and Talich, and the others on the list are OK too.
I confess to not having heard the 1952 Vegh set. Their stereo set is one
of my touchstones, however. How would you evaluate the two sets in
comparison with one another?
On 10/21/22 1:49 AM, Andy Evans wrote:approach rather than vertical - long lines rather than power chords. Give the melodic lines plenty of time to breathe - draw them out as much as they need. So the quartets I like here are:
Emerson is out from the start - too fast, hacky and vigorous for me. Won't do.
Julliard...... hmmmm, you could make out a case for them though they're pretty brisk and efficient and not particularly lyrical or singing. Not really to my taste at all, and there are better. In the late Beethoven quartets I like a very horizontal
Vegh 1952
Hungarian 1955
Tokyo
Talich
Skampa
Barylli
Italian
Earlier is better here, especially the Vegh and Hungarians who are miles ahead. I do like the Tokyo and Talich, and the others on the list are OK too.I confess to not having heard the 1952 Vegh set. Their stereo set is one
of my touchstones, however. How would you evaluate the two sets in comparison with one another?
Bob Harper
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