Capet String Quartet - Ravel: String Quartet (entire)
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Recorded in 1928. 1st violin: Lucien Capet, 2nd violin: Maurice Hewitt, Viola: Henri Benoît, Violoncello: Camille Delobelle
1. Allegro moderato - très doux
2. Assez vif - très rythmé 7:58
3. Très lent 13:49
4. Vif et agit 22:13
Capet String Quartet
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I'm convinced this is the best recording of this work. Ditto for the Debussy.
From a review by James Leonard, All Music Guide: ...these recordings were as good as it got, and just because we hear and perform music differently, doesn't necessarily mean that we hear and perform it better. (No kidding!) The Capet Quartet's performances of the quartets of Ravel and Debussy are, after all, informed by the fact that the performers and the composers were more or less Parisian contemporaries. And although performance styles have changed completely since 1928 and the lean, supple but almost vibrato-less sound they strove for has been supplanted by a richer, weightier sound (huh?), the Capet's flawless ensemble with its ideally weighed attacks, its perfectly balanced sonorities and its complete command of tonal color is still a model for quartet playing at its finest. Perhaps best of all, the Capet Quartet understood the combination of ardent emotions and powerful intellectual control that characterized French music of their generation, and they articulated their understanding in thoroughly compelling performance that will convince even those who came to musical maturity after 1928.
Also my favorite recording of this piece! Thanks for posting. I quoted Leonard’s review above in my dissertation.
That is understandable. I hope you did well on your dissertation. Thanks for listing.
A truly exquisite performance .
Ravishing and mysterious. ❤️❤️
Very nice! Thank you
It is indeed. You're most welcome. Thanks for listing.
Most of the time it's the first recording of a piece I love, having got to know it well with that, which stays with me as the definitive one. Had I heard this first....with all that glissandi at the beginning...this would've been the one. But it's not. :)
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Sadly my friend Douglas Tabony aka 2ndviolinist who introduced me many unknown violinists, dis sadly pass away 30-06-2021. He leaves us behind a great channel.
@@delitesceptical684I didn't know about it. Find rather curious he stopped uploading and answering two years ago. By these days I thought about looking for information.
May he rest in peace.
I didn't know about this quartet, this is very interesting and lovely!
Jean-Guihen Queyras sometimes play in this style, I think ... can anybody mention a string quartet of today? I mean, which quartet comes closest to the style today?
The answer to your two-part question is a resounding no and I suspect that Jean-Guihena Queyras doesn't either. This is 1 of the best 2 quartets that I know of. The other is the Flonzaley String Quartet. Thank you for listening. There are many recordings by these 2 quartets.
How's the wheelchair philistine these days?