Arriaga: Complete String Quartets

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Free Music Review: An Absolute Wonder. BUY THIS ALBUM!
Hit: 5 Stars

Not only is the music a gem, but the interpretation is superlative. The Voces quartet is a fine ensemble playing on modern instruments, and have a warm, natural lyricism (though not at the expense of technical precision, which they have in spades). I've heard bits of other interpretations, and though I can't judge a whole from the part, other ensembles seem to have drained the lifeblood from these works (did somebody say...Chilingirian!). Oh, and I almost forgot that this version has great MD&G sound too: the players aren't balanced too forward and each instrument is easily audible.

So if you are interested in what else was going on in chamber music during Beethoven's time, enjoy discovering unjustly forgotten geniuses (would that people could've forgotten that Mendelssohn chap instead), and want to hear some superbly played, well-recorded string quartets, then for the love of all things holy, do not pass over this album. It is one of my very favorite records, along with my Vegh Beethoven and Tatrai Haydn, and I strongly suggest that you BUY IT NOW!

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