{"product_id":"beethoven-verdi-string-quartets","title":"Beethoven\/Verdi: String Quartets","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e PHILHARMONIKER,WIENER \/ PREVIN,ANDRE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Import\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 08-08-2000\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Amazon.ca      Over the years, various composers and conductors have taken selected chamber works of other composers and transcribed them for larger ensembles (string, chamber, even full-sized orchestra). The Barshai transcriptions of Shostakovich's 8th and 10th string quartets into two very famous chamber symphonies are perhaps the best (they also had the composer's blessing). Here, we have a Beethoven string quartet translated by Dimitri Mitropoulos and a Verdi string quartet translated by Arturo Toscanini into bright and energetic performances. Andre Previn's handling of the Beethoven is particularly illuminating. You can hear Wagner and Strauss to come, even though they are 75 years away. Toscanini's sculpting of the Verdi String Quartet in E minor reflects the great conductor's devotion to the full range of the strings. It hardly betrays its original, and much limited, framework. Very highly recommended. --Paul Cook\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 028946357927\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0028946357927\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45961460613154,"sku":"KN-RI8Y-0NQ0","price":6.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0889\/9428\/3554\/files\/2167PPQE6DL.jpg?v=1783645177","url":"https:\/\/kastor.club\/products\/beethoven-verdi-string-quartets","provider":"Kastor","version":"1.0","type":"link"}