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Beethoven - String Quartets Op.18 No.4, Op.9 No.1, Op.131 (Juilliard String Quartet)

Posted By: Sowulo
Beethoven - String Quartets Op.18 No.4, Op.9 No.1, Op.131 (Juilliard String Quartet)

Beethoven - String Quartets Op.18 No.4, Op.9 No.1, Op.131 (Juilliard String Quartet) [2008/1975]
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR Auto Pan&Scan | Not specified (LinearPCM, 2 ch) (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) (DTS, 5 ch) | 7.33 Gb (DVD5)
Classical | Medici Arts | Sub: No | 109 min | +3% Recovery

The performance is certainly first rate, but (unlike the previous reviewer) I found the camera work coming between me and the music much of the time. Many camera changes and self-conscious panning and zooming do not add to the music. The ideal recording, for me at least, would involve a minimum of close ups, include all four performers in frame almost all the time, and little montage or heavy-handed editing. This recording calls attention to the camera placement and movement, whereas the best editing should generally go unnoticed, without artiness, without calling attention to itself.

When you have only 4 instruments, the fact that one instrument is silent is nearly as important as the difficult passage another may be playing, but this video includes a ton of mid shots, medium close ups where you lose track of the group, and even extreme close ups, techniques that may be appropriate for rock video, but are just distracting for a quartet.

In fairness, I have the impression that this sort of nervous, showy technique mars most of the music videos made in the 70's and earlier, so it may be unavoidable in older recordings; and having had my say about the video technique, there is still a good deal to be gained from this visual presentation of the recording. In and of itself, the video alone is not a reason to pass on this recording, though you may get more from a good stereo CD (this video is mono) than from this visual presentation. By Salsonero

Beethoven - String Quartets Op.18 No.4, Op.9 No.1, Op.131 (Juilliard String Quartet)

Beethoven - String Quartets Op.18 No.4, Op.9 No.1, Op.131 (Juilliard String Quartet)

Performer:
Juilliard String Quartet:
Robert Mann, violin
Earl Carlyss, violin
Samuel Rhodes, viola
Joel Krosnick, violoncello

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