Tell me what to buy

[snyprrr]

ok, I'm at a plucky point here in the "Quest". Just check out this list and glimpse my burden!



pre-1800:

Boccherini SQs: Apponyi SQ
Gassmann SQs ($80 on Amazon.de)



1800-1950:

Hartmann/Eisler SQs
Vierne/Hahn Piano Quintets
Villa-Lobos: Hyperion Wind disc (Bennett),...???why???



post-post 1950:

Cristobal Halffter

Alessando Melchiorre

Jukka Tiensuu (I have all his harpsichord discs,...great stuff!)

BF Mache
Dufourt
Aperghis
Manoury

Kurtag: Signs, Games, Messages/ Jategok

Hendik Ole Moe

Alberto Posadas

Jesus Rueda



Febel
Gasser
Beyer

The Rostropovich Box on Erato/WB.



oy, yea, that's the sad truth there. Maybe you have your own ideas about what I'd like.

[springrite]

Get all the Kurtag you can, baby!

[bhodges]

Get all the Kurtag you can, baby!

Big "yes" to that.     Játékok is very interesting; you might enjoy these comments, still posted following a Carnegie Hall exploration of his works a few years back.  I am also a huge fan of Stele (1994), a short piece for large orchestra.

You might also want to try some Aperghis, although some of his works are better experienced live, since they have theatrical components that don't come across on audio-only recordings.  Récitations for solo voice (1977-78) is one of his best works, and thanks to UbuWeb, here is the recording by Martine Viard.  (I believe the recording is long OOP.)

--Bruce