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Brian

#1480
September 22, 2011, 07:40:23 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 07:35:23 AM
I have the series as individual issues.  It's definitely worth getting, although the AmazonUS price is a little steep :)

How would you characterize the quartet's style? I have the Vermeer - warmly romantic with a burnished sound - and the Endellions - very rough'n'ready classicizers - would enjoy having a third set.

kishnevi

#1481
September 22, 2011, 08:06:04 AM Last Edit: September 22, 2011, 08:08:31 AM by Jeffrey Smith
Quote from: Brian on September 22, 2011, 07:40:23 AM
How would you characterize the quartet's style? I have the Vermeer - warmly romantic with a burnished sound - and the Endellions - very rough'n'ready classicizers - would enjoy having a third set.

Hmmm..not sure what I would call their style.  Rough'n'ready romantic possibly--I'm not sure at all, because when I listen to these works,  I'm not really listening for an overall style.  The music of these quartets involves me no matter who is playing it, and I don't pay attention to things like that

Let's see.  I have complete sets of Quartetto Italiano, Alban Berg Quartet (the later cycle, I think), and Guarnieri, plus various installments by the Emersons, Yale SQ, Tokyo SQ and Takacs SQ--but not the two you have, unfortunately.  I suppose of these all Artemis is closest to Takacs.

One thing about the individual CDs--as issued, they did not follow a chronological order, but mixed late and early and middle all together.  No idea if the box set follows this or falls back on bog standard chronological order.

Opus106

#1482
September 22, 2011, 08:14:34 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 08:06:04 AM
[W]hen I listen to these works,  I'm not really listening for an overall style.  The music of these quartets involves me no matter who is playing it, and I don't pay attention to things like that

Interesting. Then why have so many versions, if I may ask? :)

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Let's see.  I have complete sets of Quartetto Italiano, Alban Berg Quartet (the later cycle, I think), and Guarnieri, plus various installments by the Emersons, Yale SQ, Tokyo SQ and Takacs SQ...
Regards,
Navneeth

Elgarian

#1483
September 22, 2011, 12:30:33 PM
MDT give a listing of every track on the Artemis set, here:

http://www.mdt.co.uk/MDTSite/product/NR_October11_Classical/0708582.htm

And Presto Classical give some blurb about it here:

http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Virgin/0708582

(If you search on their site for the individual recordings, you get more.)

At £16 I can't resist this, and my 'Buy No More CDs And Listen More To The Ones You Have' resolution hits the dust. Thanks, erato, for the tip-off.

kishnevi

#1484
September 22, 2011, 04:39:38 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 22, 2011, 08:14:34 AM
Interesting. Then why have so many versions, if I may ask? :)

Navneeth, you're forgetting where you are.  I only have four complete cycles.  In GMG terms, that's a small amount  >:D

Coopmv

#1485
September 22, 2011, 07:09:00 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 04:39:38 PM
Navneeth, you're forgetting where you are.  I only have four complete cycles.  In GMG terms, that's a small amount  >:D

Same here and I did not even like string quartets a few years ago and did not get my very first Beethoven String Quartets until two years ago ...

Opus106

#1486
September 22, 2011, 09:16:13 PM Last Edit: September 22, 2011, 09:17:46 PM by Opus106
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 04:39:38 PM
Navneeth, you're forgetting where you are.  I only have four complete cycles.  In GMG terms, that's a small amount  >:D

::)

I just get a kick out of asking such apparently naive questions. :P
Regards,
Navneeth

The new erato

#1487
September 22, 2011, 11:20:40 PM
Quote from: Opus106 on September 22, 2011, 09:16:13 PM
::)

I just get a kick out of asking such apparently naive questions. :P
We are here to feed the beast, not to indulge in soul-searching.

Renfield

#1488
September 23, 2011, 07:53:25 AM
Quote from: The new erato on September 22, 2011, 11:20:40 PM
We are here to feed the beast, not to indulge in soul-searching.

Amen. This is the bargain thread, after all.

prémont

#1489
September 23, 2011, 07:56:51 AM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 22, 2011, 04:39:38 PM
I only have four complete cycles.  In GMG terms, that's a small amount  >:D

Afraid you are right. I own 28 cycles :o, and of course I have preordered the Artemis cycle 8).
Reality trumps our fantasy far beyond imagination.

DavidRoss

#1490
September 23, 2011, 07:58:26 AM
Quote from: (: premont :) on September 23, 2011, 07:56:51 AM
Afraid you are right. I own 28 cycles
Which do you listen to most often?
"Maybe the problem most of you have ... is that you're not listening to Barbirolli." ~Sarge

"The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people's money." ~Margaret Thatcher

Brian

#1491
September 23, 2011, 09:14:34 AM
Placed my order for the Artemis. Once I draw my first new paycheck I'll follow suit with the Celibidache box sets and, if it's still that cheap, the Delius violin sonatas.

DavidW

#1492
September 23, 2011, 09:23:27 AM Last Edit: September 23, 2011, 09:27:12 AM by DavidW
Quote from: Brian on September 23, 2011, 09:14:34 AM
Placed my order for the Artemis. Once I draw my first new paycheck I'll follow suit with the Celibidache box sets and, if it's still that cheap, the Delius violin sonatas.

Oh did you find a job?

prémont

#1493
September 23, 2011, 03:15:13 PM
Quote from: DavidRoss on September 23, 2011, 07:58:26 AM
Which do you listen to most often?

Since my purchase of these sets took place within the last two years, I have not yet got through the pile (there is too much else I want to listen to). This means that I listen to a new recording every time. My faves until now are Vegh II and the Alexander Qt. (the Arte Nova release). I also very much like the clear unaffected style of the Alban Berg Qt. and the Suske Qt.
Reality trumps our fantasy far beyond imagination.

Renfield

#1494
September 23, 2011, 03:46:30 PM Last Edit: September 23, 2011, 03:48:58 PM by Renfield
The Beethoven SQs have proven surprisingly resilient to 'mass-purchasing, mass-consumption' for me as well. I had the Takács when I bought the Budapest, and then the Vegh II, Lindsays I and Talich cycles. Now I just listen to Vegh II over and over. ::)

But I don't regret 'hoarding' the others, in so far as this may give me something to transfer to, when I eventually want something new (at which point I'll obviously buy the Busch set :P). 'Eventually' takes a lot longer for this repertory than I thought, though!


(Just to be clear, comedic effect notwithstanding: I have put on discs from the various sets. I just always return to Vegh II.)


And here I sit, bemoaning my contentment with just one cycle.

Opus106

#1496
September 29, 2011, 12:29:54 AM
Quote from: Harry on September 29, 2011, 12:13:33 AM
For me these are super bargains from DHM, and Documents. No images yet so I'll give you the link.

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Italian-Baroque-Music-Edition-DHM/hnum/9906783

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Andreas-Staier-DHM-Edition/hnum/9906773

Thanks much, Harry; it's good to be rewarded when one waits a long time for a box to appear. ;D
Regards,
Navneeth

The new erato

#1497
September 29, 2011, 01:10:29 AM
Aaargghhhh! The thread I fear is alive again!
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