Search - Johannes Brahms, Felix Mendelssohn, Adolf Busch :: Adolph Busch, Busch Quartet, at the 1949 Strasburg Festival: Brahms & Mendelssohn

Poor Sound, Incandescent Performances

T. Lum | Oakland, CA United States | 08/27/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Adolf Busch was one of the very greatest chamber musicians of the 20th century, known for his intelligent and deeply felt interpretations of the classic German repertoire, particularly Brahms and Beethoven.The sound is what you might expect from a live 1949 recording: murky and compressed, with a lot of surface noise. But the playing is incandescent. I have never heard a more beautiful and compelling performance of the Brahms sextet. If you are some kind of audiophile maniac, then you will want a more modern recording; but if you are a real music lover, this is the sextet recording to listen to and treasure."

Outstanding performances

G Pelloni | Cottingham, East Yorkshire United Kingdom | 08/09/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"the sound of this cd is poor (but not unbearable), the quality of playing is outstanding. These are interpretations of unsurpassed beauty, unmatched by any modern ( and old) recording. It is sufficient to listen to the forward momentum mantained by the players in the 2nd movement (andante, ma moderato) of the difficult Brahms sextet to be aware of listening to something magical, an unique musical experience."