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The greatest

04/02/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I really don't like to acclaim single recordings of a work being the best available. But I'm afraid this time that is the case. This Vegh recording of op 131 is the most beautiful and charismatic performance of this work you can possibly imagine. Their technical skills, perhaps, aren't perfect, but the way they play this music is something extraordinary. I know that there are Busch, Lindsay and Talich recordings of this work, but none of them achieves the same depth as the Vegh quartet does. Superb."

'Twould please The Master himself

02/24/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Vegh Quartet sound definitive here. This CD is perhaps their greatest; and I'm a huge fan of the Bartok they recorded. All in all, I'd recommend the Vegh Quartet playing all of Beethoven's string quartets and also Bartok's. No question about it, this CD is essential."