Recordings That You Are Considering

[ChamberNut]

This:

Erato, that's the recording I have, albeit with a different CD cover (yours is nicer )

[Gurn Blanston]

Rich people can buy the best there is. 

Not a lot of rich people hanging about here right now, I don't think.

I have the Beaux Arts Trio and Walter Trampler doing the Complete Piano Quartets on a Philips Duo. It satisfies all your requirements. Highly recommended.



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Listening to:
Antonio Rosetti: 5 Wind Partitas - Consortium Classicum - Rosetti K 2 08 Partita in D for Winds #14 1st mvmt - Moderato

[The new erato]

Erato, that's the recording I have, albeit with a different CD cover (yours is nicer )

And this is the cheap reissue, 2 for the price of one.

[prémont]

Rich people can buy the best there is. 

Surely, but the most expensive is not always the best.

[71 dB]

Thanks everybody! Still confused. Perhaps this one with the Piano Trios?

[The new erato]

Thanks everybody! Still confused. Perhaps this one with the Piano Trios?

Yep!

[71 dB]

Yep!

Okay, just ordered it for £15.78 delived (used)

Damn if someone comes and says it falls short! 

[Que]

Thanks! Rubinstein/Guarneri Qt has only 1st and 3rd.

Here's no. 2, coupled with Fauré.

Q

[SonicMan46]

Over the weekend, I was perusing the November-December issue of Fanfare - below are some of the 'highly recommended' recordings that peaked my interest; I already own a number of these works (marked w/ an *), but could always go for a replacement or another interpretation; some I have other compositions, and as always a few of these composers I have not heard about, but the genre was of interest, such as Bonis, Hasse, & Muthel.

The Jill Crossland discs of the WTC are expensive ($40 per 2-CD book!) but were highly recommended by Don, as I recall!  Plus, I don't know if I want 36 CDs of the Scarlatti keyboard sonatas, but others here have certainly enjoyed these Belder recordings.  So, comments, alternate recordings, or other thoughts - thanks! 

Arnell, Richard – Symphonies 4/5 w/ Warren Cohen & Musicanova Orchestra (Con Brio)
Bach, JS – WTC w/ Jill Crossland on piano (Signum) – both books – expensive! (2 CDs each)*
Bax, Arnold – Violin Sonatas w/ Ashley Wass & Laurence Jackson (Naxos)
Bonis, Melanie – Piano Quartets w/ Mozart Piano Quartet (MDG)
Brahms, Johannes – German Requiem w/ Guttenberg, Bonn Choral et al (Farao)*
Charpentier, M-A – Lecons de Tenebres w/ Lesne & Seminario Musicale (Virgin 2 CDs)   
Cherubini, Luigi – String Quartets w/ Savinio Quartet (Stradivarius) – 2 CDs*
Dussek, Jan – Piano Sonatas w/ Markus Becker (CPO)
Geminiani, Francesco – Cello Sonatas w/ Cocset (Alpha)
Handel, GF – Water Music/Fireworks w/ Jodi Savall (Alia Vox)*
Hasse, Johann – Flute Concertos w/ Laurence Dean (Christophorus)
Mozart, WA – Violin Concertos w/ Abbado & Carmignola (period instruments)*
Mozart, WA – Flute Quartets w/ Michala Petri on the recorder!*
Muthel, Johann – Concertos/Chamber Music w/ Musica Alta Ripa (MDG) – 2 CDs
Scarlatti, D. – Sonatas w/ Peter Jan Belder (Brilliant) – 36 CDs!
Tallis, Thomas – Complete Works (Brilliant) – 10 CDs!
Tchaikovsky, P. – Symphonies et al w/ Rostropovich & London SO (EMI) – 5 CDs!*

[Bulldog]

I can vouch for the Mel Bonis MDG chamber disc - splendid and warm music expertly played.

As for the high price of the Crossland/Bach discs, yes they are premium priced, but the performances are premium also.

Even if you don't subscribe to the Naxos Music Library, I think you can sample the Crossland for a few minutes.  However, keep in mind that little snippets don't give you the full impact of listening to an entire set at one sitting.

[71 dB]

Here's no. 2, coupled with Fauré.

Q

oh! Well, I already made up my mind... 

[Que]

oh! Well, I already made up my mind... 

I know.  

Q

[SonicMan46]

I can vouch for the Mel Bonis MDG chamber disc - splendid and warm music expertly played.

As for the high price of the Crossland/Bach discs, yes they are premium priced, but the performances are premium also.

Don - thanks for the comments above - I know that you really liked the WTC performances, and would love to acquire these offerings!

Bonis - a woman who went by the name of 'Mel' just received an excellent review, so I will definitely obtain this recording!   

[Que]

cpo has just issued this:



I've had some positive experiences with Weinberger in the past: HIP approach, beautiful historical organs, well recorded, played with insight and (mostly) gusto. Though Weinberger lacks the musical brilliance of - say - a Jean-Charles Ablitzer, Weinberger has also his less remarkble and plain "solid" moments of playing.

This set is $245 at Amazon.com (preorder) but €50 at jpc! (which owns cpo) 
Well, we know that the US dollar has declined a bit but this is a rather steep difference....

Q

[71 dB]

cpo has just issued this:



I've had some positive experiences with Weinberger in the past: HIP approach, beautiful historical organs, well recorded, played with insight and (mostly) gusto. Though Weinberger lacks the musical brilliance of - say - a Jean-Charles Ablitzer, Weinberger has also his less remarkble and plain "solid" moments of playing.

This set is $245 at Amazon.com (preorder) but €50 at jpc! (which owns cpo) 
Well, we know that the US dollar has declined a bit but this is a rather steep difference....

Q

Holy smoke!  I bought volumes 9-16 for 1.99 euros each year ago from jpc bargain bin. I haven't heard much Bach's organ works and I think some of them are a bit lame compared to say Buxtehude but the best works kicks ass of course! Weinberger seems to be pretty good.

[Florestan]

http://www.naxos.com/ecard/haydn/index.html

[Lethevich]

http://www.naxos.com/ecard/haydn/index.html

Finally! An opportunity to buy the exceptional Kodaly SQ cycle for a (hopefully) reasonable price. I couldn't stomach the price of the individual issues.

[Que]

http://www.naxos.com/ecard/haydn/index.html

Maybe it's just me, but I don't see any point in a Haydn edition if it's not HIP - which is pretty essential in Haydn IMO. That naturally goes for the edition on Brilliant too.
Unfortunately Haydn wrote a lot a music which is not yet available in HIP. But the HIP scene is catching up with Haydn pretty fast, I must say. A complete HIP symphonies cycle is the main thing still lacking. Which is all the more regrettable since the two ideal conductors for the job are still around: Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Bruno Weil... And the OOP SQ cycle by the Festetics Qt should be available again ASAP.

In the mean time, I'll pass over these sets and gather my HIP Haydn nuts like a squirrel....

Q

[Bunny]

Mozart, WA – Violin Concertos w/ Abbado & Carmignola (period instruments)*

Does this mean that Carmignola's association with Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra is severed? 

I'm not sure that Carmignola's violin is a baroque type violin; the last time I saw him performing, his violin had a chin rest which is not typical of baroque period violins.  It may very well be a baroque instrument reconstructed over time.  He did use gut strings, though, and a baroque bow.  In any event it will be interesting to see how Abbado handles a period instrument ensemble.  I also tend to wonder when he recorded this as all of his concert engagements were canceled last year because of ill health.

[Opus106]

How good is the set pictured above? I'm not the one to buy the 'Best of ' type of discs or boxes, but this set does not appear to be like the rest.

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Also, it has the complete set of Brandenburgs, and the Suites, and the Italian Concerto - works that are, sadly, yet to make it to my shelf.