Donald Clarke wrote:

>Beethoven was one of the greatest geniuses of all time in any of the
>arts; if all we had was the string quartets, we could go to a desert
>island.

Quite a coincidence.  I've been listening to the Beethoven SQs on my
commute to and from work; am about halfway through them.  Everybody talks
about the late quartets, but I'm sure enjoying the Harp and the Rasumovsky.
I'm listening to a budget box from Arte Nova, the Alexander String
Quartet.

I have to admit I am not "getting" the Grosse Fuge.  How do you say
"unlistenable" in German?

Mitch Friedfeld

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