Do I need it all or just the quartets?
If I need it all, is Moscow Quartet/Trio on Brilliant a great choice?
If I just need the quartets, Borodin? Borodin EMI or Borodin Chandos?
I should add that I only want one recording. And I want a great one. Hoping you guys can help. :)
Quote from: George on July 30, 2016, 05:38:08 PM
Do I need it all?
Yes. :)
You will also need CD's of both a Russian and a German performance of each work for contrast.
Sure - it's a gonna be costly - but, as some Indian guru said, "what is money?"
The 3 CD set on Brilliant is a great way to get a complete survey of the chamber music. The piano quintet in particular is a revelation from this composer. My only proviso would be that the recording of the piano trio isn't great - I am trying to find a better one, but the work is very rare on record.
Quote from: Vaulted on October 19, 2016, 05:37:28 PM
The 3 CD set on Brilliant is a great way to get a complete survey of the chamber music. The piano quintet in particular is a revelation from this composer. My only proviso would be that the recording of the piano trio isn't great - I am trying to find a better one, but the work is very rare on record.
Thanks for sharing!
Quote from: Vaulted on October 19, 2016, 05:37:28 PM
The 3 CD set on Brilliant is a great way to get a complete survey of the chamber music. The piano quintet in particular is a revelation from this composer. My only proviso would be that the recording of the piano trio isn't great - I am trying to find a better one, but the work is very rare on record.
This one is what I have, and you're right - a very good set.
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I don't know the Brilliant set but at least the two quartets (the considerably less familiar 1st one is as good as the 2nd) deserve a great performance, like the one(s) by the eponymous quartet.
Quote from: Vaulted on October 19, 2016, 05:37:28 PMThe 3 CD set on Brilliant is a great way to get a complete survey of the chamber music. The piano quintet in particular is a revelation from this composer. My only proviso would be that the recording of the piano trio isn't great - I am trying to find a better one, but the work is very rare on record.
I should add, I also need a supplement of the string sextet (incomplete, two mvts), as the andante is really much too fast. Here is a comparison of timings in this movement:
BORODIN Sextet in Dm, in 2 mvts. I.allegro; II.ANDANTE
4.41 same as barshai below?
4.38 bolshoi theatre quartet(melodiya) [+gliere quart 3, myaskovsky 9]
4.35 zhuk/veltman/barshai/Knushevitsky
3.58.Nash (onyx) [+glazunov quint, arensky quart 2] $$
3.38.Lindsays(asv) [+2 quarts]
3.00 arienski(meridian) [+'arienski'(arensky)quart op35, tchaik souv de florence]
2.45 detisov/moscow(brilliant/hm) *** IN BRILLIANT BOX ***