Musicon / Borodin / Smetana / Smetana and Borodin quartets – by Takacs, Talich and Moscow String Quartets
I was surprised when I heard Takacs Quartet play Borodin’s second string quartet, used as I was in good performances by them. Yet here they are dull, they seem even as if they didn’t enjoy the music! What a difference from the excellent performance by the Moscow String Quartet. If you ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Sonata – Concerto – Symphony
Symphonies, symphonic poems, concertos for solo instruments and orchestra, as well as the various forms of chamber music, such as trios, quartets, and quintets for strings, or pianoforte and strings, are but different expressions of the idea which is best summed up in the word sonata. What ::More
Musicon / Beethoven / Beethoven String Quartets – Takacs Quartet
Beethoven’s string quartets, well known as belonging to his finest music, especially the late ones, which are also the last complete music he wrote, go beyond the tranquil joy that is the general mark or stamp of Beethoven’s style, as I understand it. They incorporate this joy, ::More
Musicon / Musical education / Chamber music represents pure thought, lofty imagination, and deep learning
Chamber music represents pure thought, lofty imagination, and deep learning. These attributes are encouraged by the idea of privacy which is inseparable from the form. Composers find it the finest field for the display of their talents because their own skill in creating is to be paired with ::More
