{"product_id":"busch-quartet-schubert-quartets-8-15-1938-pacm066","title":"BUSCH QUARTET Schubert: Quartets 8 \u0026 15 (1938) - PACM066","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eString Quartet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e 8 in B flat major, D112\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eString Quartet No. 15 in G major, D887\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 1938\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 65:53\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThe Busch Quartet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fReviews: MusicWeb International \u0026amp; Fanfare578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fWithout doubt the best re-mastering that I have heard of any pre-war recording578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\" align=\"left\"\u003e\"Without doubt the best re-mastering\nthat I have heard of any pre-war recording.... You wouldn’t mistake it\nfor something recorded recently, but you might well be forgiven for\nthinking it a transfer of a mid-1950s master tape. I am not normally a\ngreat fan of historical recordings - they have to be special, like the\nBeecham \u003cem\u003eLa Bohème \u003c\/em\u003e- but this is certainly a recording that I shall be keeping in my collection...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n...The Busch Quartet’s Schubert has always been well regarded, but this\nwas the first time that I have been able to judge that reputation for\nmyself and I am as impressed by the performances as by the brushing up\nof the recording. I had half-expected to hear some pre-war quirks of\nplaying; in the event, I was not aware of anything of the sort...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\" align=\"left\"\u003e...I cannot imagine the Pristine\nAudio transfer being bettered or even rivalled. I can’t remember having\nheard this quartet more than once or twice and I had not tended to think\nof it as one of Schubert’s best works in this form, but the Busch\nQuartet left me wondering why. The central movements offer a typically\nSchubertian contrast between the profundity of the \u003cem\u003eAndante sostenuto\u003c\/em\u003e and the sheer delight of the \u003cem\u003eMenuetto\u003c\/em\u003e, a contrast which is very effectively brought out in this performance...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e, MusicWeb International, \u003cem\u003eRecording of the Month, March 2010\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"bodybigblue\" align=\"left\"\u003e\"Especially compelling is the\ntransfer of the Busch Ensemble¹s 1938 accounts of Schubert¹s Quartets\nNo. 8, D112 and No. 15, D887. For one thing, this is the best\nextended-play transfer of the recording I have encountered. Having ample\npresence, with minimal surface noise, comparatively wide dynamic range\nand seamless side joins, the playing takes on a life that was not so\napparent previously. Especially impressive is the earlier work, which\nhere gains a clarity, intensity and (in its first movement) a gentle\ngrace often missed in other performances. In the late D887, the music¹s\nmix of eerie tremolos, melodic richness and fierce assertion is conveyed\nin aptly chosen tempos that are neither too broad nor hurried.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMortimer Frank\u003c\/b\u003e, International Record Review, April 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACM066.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Busch Quartet performing at their very best\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTwo superb Schubert Quartets from 1938\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eThe recordings here were both made within a few days of\neach other in November, 1938, and represent excellent examples of the\nfinest playing and recording techniques of the day. Note that these\nBritish HMV pressings were characteristically crackly, something which\nvaried between manufacturers and countries. The philosophy here was to\ninclude hard material in the shellac to help grind the needle to better\nfit the shape of the groove. Fortunately the sound of this is now\nreasonable straightforward to remove!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003eWhat is less simple, and occurs more in the second of\nthe two pieces here, is the removal of surface swish. Where this occurs\nat frequencies above those being played it is not difficult to treat,\nbut where it clashes with instrumental frequencies it's much harder to\ndeal with, and may not always be entirely removable. As such it can be\nheard in the background at times on this recording, usually very faintly\n(if at all), but occasionally, as in the 3rd movement of\u003cem\u003e String Quartet No. 8 in B flat\u003c\/em\u003e, it briefly becomes more apparent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eOverall, however, these excellent recordings have transfers well, and come up very nicely indeed in the remastering process!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/b\u003eString Quartet No. 15 in G major, D887\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bodysmallarial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,san-serif;\"\u003eRecorded 22nd and 30th November, 1938\u003cbr\u003eIssued as five HMV 78s: DB 3744 - 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