Dvorak, Antonin - American string quartet, 4th movement by Ragazze Quartet

Live performance of the 4th movement Dvoraks American string quartet by the Ragazze Quartet at the Dutch television program Podium Witteman, presenting their program Fellow Travelers.

[@davidyoung6331]

Very nice playing!I have found the two measures that start 4 measures prior to rehearsal number 8 in the fourth movement to have a curiosity. Perhaps you are aware of this. When Dvorak prepared his autograph score, there was a mistake made in the part preparation by Simrock. The viola part showed the viola to play 8th note, 8th rest, 8th note, 8th rest while the other three players play 8th note, 8th rest, 8th rest, 8th note. This is not what Dvorak intended. Dvorak wanted all four instruments to lay the same rhythm, 8th note, 8th rest, 8th rest, 8th note. The score was corrected but there are many parts still published today that contain the "mistake" in the viola part. Having listened to over 80 renditions of this work as heard on KZbin I would estimate that about 30 percent play from the altered, "mistaken" viola part and about 70 percent play from the corrected viola part. All the full scores that I have seen in print have the corrected part. If you listen to the Emerson Quartet, the Crimson Quartet, the Fry Street (string) quartet, the Budapest Quartet (1941 recording), the Julliard Quartet (1971 recording) you will hear the viola play the mistaken rhythm. If you listen to the Orion Quartet, the American Quartet, the Amadeus Quartet, The Prague Quartet, The Cleveland Quartet you will hear the correct rhythm. Even a 1928 rendition by the Czech Quartet play the part "correctly." A modern day Quartet, the Dolezal Quartet (Dolezalovo Kwartteto) play with the altered viola part and are aware of it, but play it because in their opinion, it sounds better. Your String Quartet here plays from the "incorrect" viola part..... I think. The violist plays the low "f" on the beat for the first of the two measures and does not in the second of the two measures.... perhaps because of the page turn.. Listen to 2:09 to 2:11 and you hear (if you listen carefully) the violist playing a different rhythm than the other three players. Look at the full score and this is not what is written. The viola part here contains a mistake, this mistake has continued for over 100 years in some publishers parts.

[@michaelz-c4178]

18/02/2020: yes no very good