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More magnificent clarinet music....

^^ quite right Fergus... I have her Brahms disks which are stunning... just like last night's Oboe, you can never have enough clarinet, either... ;-)

now, I don't know whether you own this disk Fergus... but you really ought at some stage...



at its height, it's achingly beautiful...

Jared wrote:....now, I don't know whether you own this disk Fergus... but you really ought at some stage...

I don't Jared but I am sure that I will at some stage....

These are lovely, gentle songs that are beautifully sung and which lilt along, ably assisted by the accompaniment of Parsons.

fergus wrote:


These are lovely, gentle songs that are beautifully sung and which lilt along, ably assisted by the accompaniment of Parsons.

Baker & Parsons were an excellent combination...

LOL....you have really taken to this Early Music with a vengence Jared!!!

Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartets Opus 33 No. 5, 3 & 2
Quatuor Mosaïques

Gorgeous music-making.

I really liked this especially the Elgar.

Dmitri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 1, 3 & 12
Borodin Quartet

The First Quartet was written in 1938 and the Twelfth in 1968, it is fascinating to listen to the enormous evolution in Shostakovich's development as a composer. The First is rather simple, almost Haydnesque, dare I say. The Third is joyous and the Twelfth is a real modern piece and is a real tour de force, all of it is hugely enjoyable music. The Borodin Quartet are marvellous too, now should I get their Beethoven cycle that is sitting in my basket I wonder?

Very enjoyable music and performances.