Re: Beethoven string quartets

On Sat, 20 Jul 2024 1:53:57 +0000, DeepBlue wrote:

On Fri, 19 Jul 2024 13:34:26 +0000, Herman wrote:

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Apples and oranges.

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One needs a varied diet, doesn't one?
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In spite of their highish opus numbers,
those sextets are from LvB's earliest
years.

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Yes indeed, but why would one care? Are
you suggesting they may have expired?
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Early Beethoven oftentimes sounds more
interestinng and engaging than the later
works. More music, less pretense.

The sextets are also hornier! They are in
fact LvB's horniest works other than the
symphonies.
Cheers!