i really like ravel's string quartet
1st movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehQMe...eature=related
2nd movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhN0R...eature=related
3rd movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVURt...eature=related
4th movement
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7loz...eature=related

He's a slippery bugger that Ravel, isn't he? I did have him written off as a bit tripe until recently, which was massively wrong of me.

Do you think there's always a 'proper' version of any given piece? I mean, there's always those ones that stand out - Gould's Bach, f'rinstance - or the versions that are cack (the Shosters above/ a lot of the Kronos quartet's stuff) but... well, I suppose the strongest pieces are the ones that stand up to a lot of variations - something like Beethoven's 3rd or Handel's Water Music.

Fair shout.