Juon String Quartets vol.1

[Alan Howe]

Answer: yes and yes. The German original is indeed impenetrable, but the translation is too often not even recognisable English. And that's my particular area of expertise...

[Gareth Vaughan]

The gobbledygook produced by Frau (lein) Praeder is depressing in the extreme. Amazing that she apparently believes it is English!

[Ilja]

Just having leafed through it, I can tell you that the German text does not make worlds more sense than the English translation. The works are sublime, though.

[Alan Howe]

Oh, I can assure you that, while the German hails from Pseuds* Corner, the English is that of the German guide who once showed a school group I was leading round a biscuit factory (sic!), pointing out all the eshtingyshers. Guess what they were....

Bottom line: Pseuds Corner German can be rendered into Pseuds Corner English - by an native English speaker!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regular_mini-sections_in_Private_Eye#Pseuds_Corner

*No idea whether it should be Pseuds, Pseuds' or Pseud's Corner. Can't be bothered to check the Private Eye website.

[Sharkkb8]

For those download-aficionados amongst us (especially those who might have been considering this set but were holding out for a better deal), iTunes (USA anyway) has this 2-cd set for a very attractive USD $9.99.  As I already have the Musiques Suisse recordings, I'm conflicted.....but what a nice problem to have! 

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/juon-complete-string-quartets/id1098771890

Gregory