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Re: Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time
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Dan McLaughlin <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 10 May 1999 22:30:04 PDT
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Julia Werthimer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>What recording would listers recommend of the Quartet for the End of Time?

I recommend David Shifrin on Delos.  I used to have a tape recording of
the Stoltzman my teacher made for me and I feel that his usual vibrato and
flamboyance don't serve this music well.  The stark austerity of this work
needs a lighter touch, IMHO, that Shifrin handles well.

-Dan

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