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...Melos Quartet (Deutsche Grammophon, 3 CDs). These five string quartets are less stylistically unified than the six early quartets of Op. 18, in which Beethoven explored and exorcised his Haydnesque roots, or the five late quartets, in which he boldy ventured where no composer had gone before. The Stuttgart-based Melos Quartet offers cleanly phrased readings distinguished by flawless ensemble. If the listener could wish for more tonal opulence in a brooding work like the E Minor Quartet, Op. 59, No. 2, it is hard to argue with the precise articulation of Op. 59, No. 3's whirlwind obstacle course...
...show the government's difficulties in fighting poverty. Although South Africa's economy has been growing constantly, people in the townships - especially migrant workers from Zimbabwe - do not really benefit. I wonder whether the attacks will impact on South Africa's staging of the 2010 World Cup. Adrian Lobe, STUTTGART, GERMANY...
...recent incidents of xenophobia in South Africa not only reveal the brutality of some criminals, they also show the government's difficulties in fighting poverty. Although South Africa's economy has been growing steadily, people in the townships have not really benefited from the economic boom. Adrian Lobe, Stuttgart, Germany...
...Germany, and is now seeing a return. Several of its team, including Hamit Altintop and Hakan Balta, are German-born. Germany itself reflects Europe's now swirling populace. Two strikers, Miroslav Klose and Lukas Poldowski, are ethnic Poles, and striker Kevin Kuranyi was born in Brazil. An intriguing newcomer, Stuttgart striker Mario Gomez, is a Spanish-German blend whose subtle southern touch made him the Bundesliga's second-best striker behind Bayern Munich and Luca Toni of Italy...
...Royal Ballet season at London's Covent Garden, and led to his being appointed the Royal's resident choreographer - a radical evolution given that he has no formal classical-dance training. Other McGregor pieces are now in the repertoires of the Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet and Stuttgart Ballet companies...