Recordings That You Are Considering

[KeithW]

I'll go even a bit further than the posters before me: this is a tremendous set!  The whole package is perfect: the music, the performances, the used instruments, even the documentation.
Moroney's playing is considered and probing, but yet fresh, very engaging and touching - anything but dull!

Q

+1 from me.  I bought the box when it came out - I listened to it several times - must return it to the listening pile.  Hugely recommended.

Changing direction, but neither composer nor label, the final volumes of the Cardinall's Byrd cycle are for me amongst the most important of recent years.

[nesf]

Reviews are good, price on Amazon is tempting:

[milk]

If I am recalling correctly the ratio is about two fifths organ, three fifths proto-harpsichord instruments. The discs tend to mix the instruments up for variety rather than focus on themes. It's an excellent set, if you get a nice price to go for it :3

I got the kind of "best of":

I have a bunch of different Byrd recordings so I'm satisfied with this.

[Brian]

Reviews are good, price on Amazon is tempting:

One of those reviewers was me; I made it a MusicWeb Recording of the Year. Vibrant, lively; they play the G major quartet like it's scored for symphony orchestra. It all feels improvisatory and it's a joy.

[Lethevich]

I second Brian's super enthusiasm for everything the Pavel Haas quartet have recorded.

[nesf]

Thanks guys, decision made.

[SonicMan46]

One of those reviewers was me; I made it a MusicWeb Recording of the Year. Vibrant, lively; they play the G major quartet like it's scored for symphony orchestra. It all feels improvisatory and it's a joy.

Yes, Brian's comments & review 'cemented' a purchase for me! 

[Papy Oli]

Looking at the Clementi sonatas. What would be the best Volume to start with as an introduction to this composer please ?

[Que]

Looking at the Clementi sonatas. What would be the best Volume to start with as an introduction to this composer please ?

Mastroprimiano is an excellent choice. The series is in chronological order - so the later, the more interesting.

Q

[mc ukrneal]

Looking at the Clementi sonatas. What would be the best Volume to start with as an introduction to this composer please ?

I'm not a huge fan of the fortepiano in that Brilliant series, so I would recommend another version. As luck would have it, Hyperion also have a series under way (all double discs for the price of one, using a modern piano):
[asin]B0011FEGVC[/asin]

[Papy Oli]

Thank you both. I don't think I have a fortepiano recording in my collection. I'll give that a try with the Brilliant vol.5.   

[mc ukrneal]

Thank you both. I don't think I have a fortepiano recording in my collection. I'll give that a try with the Brilliant vol.5.   

Perhaps another worth considering is Staier. He is on a period instrument and he is as brilliant as always. I don't think he did them all though, if that is a consideration. But for an introduction, well worth considering (if it is not too late).

[Papy Oli]

Perhaps another worth considering is Staier. He is on a period instrument and he is as brilliant as always. I don't think he did them all though, if that is a consideration. But for an introduction, well worth considering (if it is not too late).

just a second too late 

[Mirror Image]

This one looks extremely tempting especially considering it's a world premiere, but oh that price tag:



In fact, Volmer's entire Tubin series looks tempting, but I will resist for now.

[Ataraxia]

Be afraid. 
[asin]B00004S38O[/asin]

[nesf]

Any good ones for some of Mozart's later symphonies? My father-in-law is saying I need to give them a serious listen to.

[jlaurson]

Any good ones for some of Mozart's later symphonies? My father-in-law is saying I need to give them a serious listen to.

All you'll ever need for a late Mozart Symphony starter kit:

Unbelievable lightness... tip-toe yet full bodied... Krips is not HIP, but he is very hip!
Orchestras don't play like that anymore. Not even the RCO.



W.A. Mozart
Symphonies 21 - 41
Royal Concertgebouw / Josef Krips
Decca


See also: http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2011/06/why-haydn-should-be-mandatory.html

To illustrate the high quality of music-making that can result from this approach (one we might run the danger of losing), nothing serves better than Josef Krips' recordings of the Mozart Symphonies with the Concertgebouw Orchestra from 1972 and 73. This is Classical Music at its very finest. You won't find Mozart anywhere else that is played with such lightness, radiating joy, and so being the epitome of musical tip-toeing. Yes, it sounds very different – luxuriously so – than Mozart coming from smaller, HIP groups, but not heavier per se, nor swooningly romantic.

Krips covers symphonies 21 to 41 and they are finally available separately again after having long shared box-set space with the unnecessary Neville Marriner-conducted early symphonies. Even with the excellent, moderately HIP Charles Mackerras / Prague set (Teldec) available, Krips should still be the first choice of any collection's allotment for Mozart symphonies.

[nesf]

Thank you kindly.

[Mirror Image]

Considering these at the moment:

[asin]B000P733I4[/asin]

[asin]B000IZJ1OI[/asin]

This one with Wigglesworth is too high right now, but the audio samples sounded great.

[Que]

Any good ones for some of Mozart's later symphonies? My father-in-law is saying I need to give them a serious listen to.

The Krips set that Jens recommended is excellent: Old School Mozart in a good way (another was Bruno Walter). Also by the RCO but with Harnoncourt and from later date is another non-HIP contender. They are included in the set pictured, also availble separately at budget price. For period instruments check the HIP Mozart thread.

[asin]B000AOVKH8[/asin]

Q