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After one year Ernest Drucker dropped out and was replaced by Bruno Straumann, a former pupil of Gösta Andreasson, the long-standing 2nd violinist of the quartet. The newly-formed ensemble first performed in December 1947, and in March 1948 they travelled to Europe for a concert tour of England, Switzerland and France. The year 1949 took them to Scotland only, Busch otherwise mainly performing as a soloist or with Rudolf Serkin and\/or brother Hermann. The 1950 concert tour took the Quartet to Ecuador and Colombia, and Adolf, and his new-founded family with his second wife Hedwig and the little sons Nicholas and Thomas, postponed the trip to Europe until autumn. In January 1951 another European Quartet tour started, covering Switzerland, Germany and, after Busch had recovered from a minor accident to one of his fingers, Switzerland again, Italy, and England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring this 1951 tour, the Busch Quartet was three times taped for broadcasting, each time in Germany: on 25 January at the old Frankfurt Funkhaus in the Eschersheimer Landstrasse, on 10 February live in an all-Beethoven programme at Schloss Ludwigsburg, not far from Stuttgart, and on 15 February in a live studio broadcast from the Munich Funkhaus. The programmes contained music by Brahms (Op. 51, No. 1), Reger (Op. 109 – both these items have been published elsewhere), Haydn (Op. 74, No. 2 – tape now apparently lost), and all the items presented here.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough Adolf Busch, having suffered two heart attacks previously and not in the best of health in his last years anyway, may no longer be in the prime of his earlier years, the intensity of the Busch Quartet’s performances remains impressive. The \u003ci\u003eStuttgarter Zeitung\u003c\/i\u003e, acknowledging the sophistication of the all-Beethoven concert, reported that “the listeners were united into a single Beethoven congregation, and the performance took place in such a perfection rarely experienced by the lover of art.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompared to the gramophone recordings made from 1933 to 1941 in London and New York respectively, the live renderings profit hugely from not having to stop every four to five minutes as was necessary due to the 78s technique. Thus these late radio recordings offer an altogether more spontaneous approach to performing especially relating to the overall structure of the music. The dynamic developments of the music in almost every respect can be (and are) played out much more fully, building a kind of pull incorporating both the musicians and their audience. The Busch Quartet had performed cycles of all sixteen string quartets of Beethoven numerous times, both in Europe and the United States, and their deep understanding of the music was not only well-founded, but also frequently practised in public. Also the Mendelssohn Capriccio had become a well-loved piece of the Busch Quartet particularly in later years, and three renderings have survived from 1949 and 1951. The spirited and attractive piece proved an excellent foil to the demanding Reger work that had opened the Bavarian Radio concert, and its performance displays the Busch Quartet’s high-profile abilities in their last recording close to perfection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJürgen Schaarwächter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMax-Reger-Institut with BuschBrothersArchive, Karlsruhe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eBusch Quartet plays Beethoven, Germany 1951\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisc One\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN  Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Op. 130\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 1st mvt. - Adagio ma non troppo  (9:32)\u003cbr\u003e2. 2nd mvt. - Presto  (2:06)\u003cbr\u003e3. 3rd mvt. - Andante con moto ma non troppo  (5:52)\u003cbr\u003e4. 4th mvt. - Alla danza tedesca. Allegro assai  (2:47)\u003cbr\u003e5. 5th mvt. - Cavatina. Adagio molto espressivo  (8:00)\u003cbr\u003e6. 6th mvt. - Finale. Allegro  (9:07)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eSchloss Ludwigsburg 10 February 1951\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN  Quartet No. 9 in C, Op. 59, No. 3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. 1st mvt. - Introduzione. Andante con moto - Allegro vivace  (10:22)\u003cbr\u003e8. 2nd mvt. - Andante con moto quasi Allegretto  (11:27)\u003cbr\u003e9. 3rd mvt. - Minuet. Grazioso - Trio  (4:54)\u003cbr\u003e10. 4th mvt. - Allegro molto  (6:24)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eSchloss Ludwigsburg 10 February 1951\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDisc Two\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN  Quartet No. 1 in F, Op. 18, No. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 1st mvt. - Allegro con brio  (7:13)\u003cbr\u003e2. 2nd mvt. - Adagio affettuoso ed appasionato  (8:56)\u003cbr\u003e3. 3rd mvt. - Scherzo. 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We were – which we are not often blessed with today – able to\nenjoy Beethoven once again as a primeval phenomenon, and there was no gap\nbetween the composer and the interpretation of his music through his\nrepresentatives, an ensemble that does not know anything but cultivation of\nand service at the work; a straight path leads via the personalities of the\ninterpreters directly to the master, to the personality of Beethoven. And\nthis fact silences even those who dare to assert that the present time\ncannot expect any lasting and profound effect from Beethoven any more.\nRather, this presumptuous conclusion turns into the proof that there are no\nlonger any musicians today who are able to interpret Beethoven in such a\nway that he is able to tell us the eternally valid. It is the exact\nknowledge of Beethoven’s string quartets and the very concise, subtle and\ntechnically masterly, sometimes elegant technique of the individual, as\nwell as of the interplay, that make the Busch Quartet primarily capable of\nsuch performance. Temperament, intelligence and instinct give the basic\nsound, which is yet animated by an unusual elevation.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nWe heard works from three periods: the interesting youth Quartet in F major\nOp. 18 No. 1, which, in its unpretentious delicacy, is still quite free\nfrom the drama of later Beethoven. It was played with the same fanatical\ndevotion as the subsequent B flat major String Quartet Op. 130, whose\nindividual voices were pointed out in a unique sculptural shaping by the\nBusch Quartet, and the C major String Quartet Op. 59 No. 3 with its classic\nattitude. An extraordinary climax was the Cavatina of the B flat String\nQuartet, both by way of the technical ability and the intellectual\ninterpretive abilities.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn addition, there is something special: here in the royal framework of the\nOrder’s Hall, the esoteric trait of the last quartets is felt much\nstronger, as this place is completely removed from the otherwise often very\nunspiritual nature of the concert bustle and allows the listener to fully\nenjoy the pleasure of devoting himself to the in-pouring impressions. 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