Beethoven - String Quartet 7 [The Lindsay String Quartet]
What a lovely 'fatbox' set of the Razumovsky Quartets this is, the Seventh is my favourite Beethoven Quartet, i listened to a Quartet each day, it's good to make this set last three days!, and i was surprised how much the other two Quartets are becoming well loved also, i listened to this out on a walk round my neighbourhood, the batteries conked out on the first movement, but luckily i had some spares, so i started to listen to the first movement from the beginning again, a bit like an exposition repeat i suppose, this was a good exercise, but the same thing happened in the second movement, hearing things, then listening very soon all over again is quite meaningful, a bit like rewinding a movie film to watch a scene again, it's that second time you notice things you missed the first time, repetition really hits you.
The Lindsay String Quartet are a British phenomenon, they existed for 40 years between 1965-2005, they made two complete cycles of the Beethoven String Quartets, this was part of the first, recorded in 1984 i believe, the second was recorded twenty years later in 2004 i think.
What can i say about the sheer inspiration of this great work?, every movement had me in awe of Beethoven, what a true genius he is, after the first movement i thought 'nothing can top that' [it's my favourite movement], but the following Allegretto Vivace did exactly that!,
Here's The Belcea String Quartet playing the second movement on YouTube.
