20th century string quartets, pt. II

[San Antone]

No one mentioned Kagel. The first two are, frankly, horrible. I understand that they are "performance art", but why bother recording them then?

I love these works, especially the first two.

[EigenUser]

I love these works, especially the first two.

Really? Why?

I'm not at all trying to be inflammatory, by the way. I am honestly curious. I can imagine wanting to going to see it performed (I would want to simply because it is interesting and probably amusing), but I found the first two to be un-listenable.

[San Antone]

Really? Why?

I don't judge the sounds, I just listen to them. 

[Jaakko Keskinen]

I want to include composers who composed more than four, you can ignore those composers if you please. Voces intimae by Sibelius, string quartet by Ravel, Faure's quartet, Shostakovich's no. 4 and 12, Schoenberg's string quartet no 1, Stravinsky's three pieces for string quartet and Saint-saëns string quartet no. 2 op. 153, I think.

Umm, isn't debussy's quartet that some of you mentioned from 1893? Or is it enough if the composer is 20th century composer even if the work in question is from 19th century? Or is it some work for string quartet I am not familiar with? I personally love op.10!

[North Star]

I want to include composers who composed more than four, you can ignore those composers if you please. Voces intimae by Sibelius, string quartet by Ravel, Faure's quartet, Shostakovich's no. 4 and 12, Schoenberg's string quartet no 1, Stravinsky's three pieces for string quartet and Saint-saëns string quartet no. 2 op. 153, I think.

Umm, isn't debussy's quartet that some of you mentioned from 1893? Or is it enough if the composer is 20th century composer even if the work in question is from 19th century? Or is it some work for string quartet I am not familiar with? I personally love op.10!

Debussy is squarely a 19th C. work, yes.
There is the other 20th century string quartets thread for those who wrote several.

[Jaakko Keskinen]

Okay, my bad. Thanks!