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    16 Mar '18 22:581 edit
    Mieczyslaw Weinberg is a composer that may not be familiar to many, but his string quartets are exemplary.

    Recently I acquired the complete cycle by the Quatuor Danel.

    Thus far the third volume is my favorite. You can listen to it in its entirety here:
    YouTube&list=PLtGGool7n1cO2hsXt0EyJroUYbX2SUQBF

    Any other recommendations?
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    26 Mar '18 19:031 edit
    aOriginally posted by @thinkofone
    Mieczyslaw Weinberg is a composer that may not be familiar to many, but his string quartets are exemplary.

    Recently I acquired the complete cycle by the Quatuor Danel.

    Thus far the third volume is my favorite. You can listen to it in its entirety here:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9-e0Hfr_OI&list=PLtGGool7n1cO2hsXt0EyJroUYbX2SUQBF

    Any other recommendations?
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5OsuzSXU-k

    You have to bear with it. Crumb can be a shock to the system.(Sorry it's not a Quartet. Just a recommendation).
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    26 Mar '18 23:411 edit
    Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5OsuzSXU-k

    You have to bear with it. Crumb can be a shock to the system.(Sorry it's not a Quartet. Just a recommendation).
    Actually I listen to a lot of very modern music - through composed, improvised and everything between - so I'm not sure there's much that would shock my system anymore.

    Black Angels is the one Crumb composition of which I am familiar. I think I saw it performed live years ago. Of course you could have picked a less jarring realization, but I suspect that that was the point for you.

    What did you think of the Weinberg quartets.
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    27 Mar '18 11:23
    Originally posted by @thinkofone
    Actually I listen to a lot of very modern music - through composed, improvised and everything between - so I'm not sure there's much that would shock my system anymore.

    Black Angels is the one Crumb composition of which I am familiar. I think I saw it performed live years ago. Of course you could have picked a less jarring realization, but I suspect that that was the point for you.

    What did you think of the Weinberg quartets.
    Unfortunately the video was blocked and unavailable. (Blocked in country).
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    27 Mar '18 14:34
    Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
    Unfortunately the video was blocked and unavailable. (Blocked in country).
    That's unfortunate. Give this one a try YouTube. It's from a later volume.
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    27 Mar '18 15:04
    Originally posted by @thinkofone
    That's unfortunate. Give this one a try [youtube]YM9Gk1_ZEMU[/youtube]. It's from a later volume.
    Hey, not bad. (9 minutes and 13 minutes in were even flashes of Crumb). A little longer though than things I would normally listen to.
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    27 Mar '18 22:271 edit
    Of the really modern string quartets, Morton Feldman's String Quartet (II) is my hands down favorite.

    You can listen to it in its entirety here:
    https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiWr8HoKaakjC3U4t0ivjX2zfhgcA0obM

    GoaD should probably pass on this one. At around 5 hours in a single movement, it may be too much of a shock to his system.
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    05 Apr '18 07:43
    Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5OsuzSXU-k

    You have to bear with it. Crumb can be a shock to the system.(Sorry it's not a Quartet. Just a recommendation).
    Listened to this twice, and have to say the second hearing bore great fruit. Never having heard of George Crumb before I entered the experience with open and virgin ears. Conceptual music can, to my rather traditional ears, be pretentious and irritating. However, I have to say I enjoyed parts of this enormously. Thank you for the recommendation - always keen to discover new music.
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    06 Apr '18 15:14
    Originally posted by @pianoman1
    Listened to this twice, and have to say the second hearing bore great fruit. Never having heard of George Crumb before I entered the experience with open and virgin ears. Conceptual music can, to my rather traditional ears, be pretentious and irritating. However, I have to say I enjoyed parts of this enormously. Thank you for the recommendation - always keen to discover new music.
    You're welcome. I'm glad you gave it a second listen.I think 'challenging' music invariably requires that.
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