Ron Chaplin wrote:

>I'm listening to Nielsen: String Quartets Vol. 1 on Naxos, 8.554907.
>In the first three movements of the E flat major, I am noticing a buzzing
>sound from time to time.  Has anyone else heard this?

I'm giving another listen to it right now - don't hear anything but the
music.  Ron is faced with three possibilities:

1.  It's your ear.  There's a fly in there which gets agitated with those
three movements; definitely not an Andrew Carlan fan.

2.  It's all in your mind.  I'd hate to tell you what's coming next.

3.  The disc sucks.  Take it back.

The E flat major quartet, opus 14 is one fine string quartet, much, much
better than the opus 13.  Nielsen has really honed his skills by this time.
The quartet has a great "edge" to it while also being very poetic.  There's
some great melodies also, and Nielsen starts exhibiting some dissonance as
well.  It's a superb package of compact and masterful music.

Don Satz
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