Title: NOT AT FULL TILT
Product review: Agreed, Milhaud (1892-1974) is a genuinely gifted, quirky composer; yet, as imaginative as he is, he can also be uneven. String Quartets No. 1, Op. 5 (1912) and No. 2, Op. 16 (1914-15) suffer from such rather lean inspiration--- the Arriaga ensemble helping matters none the better with their angularity, monochromaticism and questionable intonation. Under the circumstances, these works need the best "coaxing" they can receive: perhaps the Emersons or, at the least, the Kodalys. Here, though, the quartets fall dismally flat and hollow. Worst of all is the horrendous metallic sound. This, alone, makes the CD entirely unacceptable, regardless of the dubious performances or the compositions themselves.[Running time: 57:57]
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