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Charlie Bernstein · March 25th, 2008, 11:19 AM

Most classical is too busy for me. String quartets are the big exception - I can actually pay attention to what everyone is doing. I don't know much about classical music (or anything, now that I think of it!), but I can say that one bundle of string quartets I've heard several times and like a lot are Beethoven's Razumovski Quartets, also know as Quartets op. 59.

There's plenty of great stuff going on, but there aren't 76 trombones and a hundred clarinets to constantly sort out. (That drives me out of my mind: okay, the basoon is going wonk-wooonk-wonk, and the tympany's doing it's bwowmp thing, and some of the strings are going eeeeeee while some others are going wheedly-deedly-dee - but what's that dinka-dinka behind the yagga-dagga?...and so one, with something different every minute.

I generally can't stand it.)

March 25th, 2008, 11:19 AM	#14 (permalink)
Charlie Bernstein Friend of Leo's Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Augusta, Maine Posts: 4,129	Beethoven's Razumovski Quartets Most classical is too busy for me. String quartets are the big exception - I can actually pay attention to what everyone is doing. I don't know much about classical music (or anything, now that I think of it!), but I can say that one bundle of string quartets I've heard several times and like a lot are Beethoven's Razumovski Quartets, also know as Quartets op. 59. There's plenty of great stuff going on, but there aren't 76 trombones and a hundred clarinets to constantly sort out. (That drives me out of my mind: okay, the basoon is going wonk-wooonk-wonk, and the tympany's doing it's bwowmp thing, and some of the strings are going eeeeeee while some others are going wheedly-deedly-dee - but what's that dinka-dinka behind the yagga-dagga?...and so one, with something different every minute. I generally can't stand it.) Last edited by Charlie Bernstein; March 25th, 2008 at 11:57 AM.