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In the Thread: Ravel's String Quartet; Remarkable!
Post Subject: Ravel's String Quartet; Remarkable!Posted by Paul S on: 6/2/2009
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Last night as I prepared to go to sleep, I double-checked the volume setting on the small clock radio I keep bedside.  It is actually a pretty cool little radio (Kaito KA1107), and I have intended for some time to get better headphones or earbuds for it, since its built-in speaker is so tiny, and of course it needs 2 channels to deliver stereo.

Anyway, as I switched on the radio, I was immediately smitten by a most amazing performance of a composition I did not know: Ravel's String Quartet, played here by the Cleveland Quartet.  I quickly found and put on my cheap earbuds then lay back to absorb as much as I could.

What a piece!  I forgot all about sleep and stayed awake and alert while I listened to all of it; and when it was over I lay awake for quite a while longer, thinking about it.

No doubt I am odd man out here, as others could not have overlooked this gem as I have done, up to now!

Paul S

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