Southwest Quartet

Six weeks ago I heard a recording session, in preparation for a CD, of the Southwest Quartet in two late works of Ernst Krenek, Op. 216 and 227. These works are technically much more demanding than the Beethoven quartets that were played by this ensemble Nov. 8 at the L.A. County Museum of Art. We (myself, the tone-meister, and the engineer) with scores in hand, found Peter Marsh’s interpretation and intonation of these pieces absolutely superb. I can’t believe that his technique in just these last six weeks has sunk to the level described on Nov. 11 by Herbert Glass (“Southwest Quartet Begins Beethoven Cycle”).

GLADYS N. KRENEK (Mrs. Ernst Krenek)

Palm Springs