I can't warm to them, to be honest. I dislike their performance of Death and the Maiden and I rarely listen to their Bartok cycle either, I find that I tire of listening to them.fergus wrote:I found that throughout the entire cycle Seán.Seán wrote:
Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 'Razumovsky', Op. 59 No. 1
Takács Quartet
Why do I feel that the Takács' are always in a hurry? It is interesting but certainly not my favourite performance. The Végh are much better.
What are you listening to?
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"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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Ludwig van Beethoven
String Quartet No. 7 'Razumovsky', Op. 59 No. 1
Guarneri Quartet
This is a gorgeous and powerful reading of this work. The Guarnari introduced me to Beethoven's String Quartets and I always enjoy listening to their cycle.
"To appreciate the greatness of the Masters is to keep faith in the greatness of humanity." - Wilhelm Furtwängler
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the two books of 48 are just going round and round at present...
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This is a pot-pourri of fifteenth and sixteenth century Franco-Flemish music.
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
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I bet that's a lovely disk, Fergus..fergus wrote:
This is a pot-pourri of fifteenth and sixteenth century Franco-Flemish music.
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"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
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I have one or two like it Jared but it is not half bad indeed.Jared wrote:I bet that's a lovely disk, Fergus..fergus wrote:
This is a pot-pourri of fifteenth and sixteenth century Franco-Flemish music.
To be is to do: Socrates
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
To do is to be: Sartre
Do be do be do: Sinatra
Re: What are you listening to?
pfffff! ;-)Why do I feel that the Takács' are always in a hurry? It is interesting but certainly not my favourite performance. The Végh are much better.
I found that throughout the entire cycle Seán.
I can't warm to them, to be honest. I dislike their performance of Death and the Maiden and I rarely listen to their Bartok cycle either, I find that I tire of listening to them.
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
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Dave, how do you like Goodman's approach to the later Haydn symphonies... are you a fan?DaveF wrote:
I have considered delving into these waters from time to time.. but haven't done so as yet...
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Jared wrote:Dave, how do you like Goodman's approach to the later Haydn symphonies... are you a fan?DaveF wrote:
I have considered delving into these waters from time to time.. but haven't done so as yet...
Hi Jared, yes Im a huge fan of Goodman's approach to these symphonies. For me, only Hogwood/AAM comes close. Such a shame that neither of them recorded all of the symphonies.
Its not for everyone though so if you generally prefer the 'big band' approach I'd go for the well regarded Dorati set which incidentally I personally loathe!
Abbado and COE do a great job of these symphonies too.
"I may skip. I may even warp a little.... But I will never, ever crash. I am your friend for life. " -Vinyl.
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP
Michell Gyrodec SE, Hana ML cart, Parasound JC3 Jr, Stax LR-700, Stax SRM-006ts Energiser, Quad Artera Play+ CDP