Haydn's Haus

[Gurn Blanston]

The landmark for me was my first complete string quartet box.

Musical life is strewn with landmarks; those are two of the highest!   0:)

[Brahmsian]

The landmark for me was my first complete string quartet box.

I just experienced that over the last year (complete set of Kodaly on Naxos)

Seriously, going through all the string quartets was one of the most enjoyable, and THOROUGHLY enjoyable experiences so far in my 'classical music life'.  Each quartet unique, special, and not one I could say I disliked.

It was one of those "rite of passages", one of the most invigorating since discovering Beethoven's string quartets (and learning what a string quartet ACTUALLY was)! 

[Brian]

soak it up and be elevated.

Man that's a good exhortation.

[DavidW]

I just experienced that over the last year (complete set of Kodaly on Naxos)

Seriously, going through all the string quartets was one of the most enjoyable, and THOROUGHLY enjoyable experiences so far in my 'classical music life'.  Each quartet unique, special, and not one I could say I disliked.

It was one of those "rite of passages", one of the most invigorating since discovering Beethoven's string quartets (and learning what a string quartet ACTUALLY was)! 

That was my first Haydn SQ big box too.

[Madiel]

This place frequently makes me feel inadequate, what with my 12 'London' symphonies, 15 string quartets, 8 piano trios, 2 cello concertos and a Creation.  And not a single duplicate recording among 'em.

[Karl Henning]

No doubt, you've a good drop there to enjoy. There's a sea yet which awaits 

[DavidW]

This place frequently makes me feel inadequate, what with my 12 'London' symphonies, 15 string quartets, 8 piano trios, 2 cello concertos and a Creation.  And not a single duplicate recording among 'em.

It's okay, we're just mentally ill.

[Karl Henning]

It's okay, we're just mentally ill.

Well, and we might be, at that! 

[Madiel]

No comment, DavidW.

Meanwhile, though, the entire forum has gone silent over Ravel's Prix de Rome entries. Egad. It's as if I've stumbled across some hitherto unknown music that no-one's ever heard. And I thought that was impossible in this place!

[DavidW]

I haven't seen that thread at all, where is it posted?

[TheGSMoeller]

This place frequently makes me feel inadequate, what with my 12 'London' symphonies, 15 string quartets, 8 piano trios, 2 cello concertos and a Creation.  And not a single duplicate recording among 'em.

No need to feel inadequate, orfeo, this is certainly no race to see who can collect more.    (although I wish I was winning if it was)

It's okay, we're just mentally ill.

And this, of course. 

[Madiel]

I haven't seen that thread at all, where is it posted?

If you mean my Ravel comment, it is, shockingly enough, posted in the Ravel composer discussion thread.

[DavidW]

No need to feel inadequate, orfeo, this is certainly no race to see who can collect more.    (although I wish I was winning if it was)

I'm sure the record labels would appreciate that mentality though.

[Madiel]

Really, the only race is with myself. I might only have 30 or 40 years listening time to get to the end of the list.

[DavidW]

Okay I see it now.  Ravel had such a small amount of music, I thought I had heard it all.  I am mistaken.

[Gurn Blanston]

That was my first Haydn SQ big box too.

Mine too, although my first SQ's were the splendid Carmina Op 76 on Denon. They are what steered me to the Kodaly. And the rest is history.

[Gurn Blanston]

This place frequently makes me feel inadequate, what with my 12 'London' symphonies, 15 string quartets, 8 piano trios, 2 cello concertos and a Creation.  And not a single duplicate recording among 'em.

A disk like this one;



would be a perfect adjunct to your collection. Haydn's keyboard sonatas are vastly under-appreciated, except by those who have heard them.       Anyway, that is a nicely balanced group, even if you went no further (after getting a sonatas disk) you would be well-represented. 

[George]

Man that's a good exhortation.

It makes me think of the scene in Immortal Beloved when Beethoven lies in the water and looks up at the sky, while his music plays, symbolizing how his music elevated him.

[Wakefield]

Mine too, although my first SQ's were the splendid Carmina Op 76 on Denon. They are what steered me to the Kodaly. And the rest is history.

I was so lucky. My first SQ's were those two Op. 20 performed by the Esterházy Quartet (SEON).   

[Brahmsian]

Lucky # 13 Disc is my first random DRD Haydn Listen.   

Let me just say (and Karl will appreciate this one).....there is some major toe tapping going on! 

All first listens to these three symphonies:

Symphony No. 59 in A major "Feuersinfonie"
**Symphony No. 49 in F minor "La Passione"
Symphony No. 26 in D minor "Lamentatione"

**This one, for me, is a major WOW factor.  Magnificent!