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Jared wrote:

jaybee wrote:Grumiaux is probably the last of these ill buy... which will make for 6!

if you could see your way to stretching to £12 JB, these are like salt and pepper pots:

cheers jared... I'll have a gander at those

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quartets No. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5
Quartetto Italiano

I LOVE these Italians: bellissimo Quartetto Italiano.

Johannes Brahms
Quintet for piano and string quartet Op. 34
Quartetto Italiano & Maurizio Pollini - piano.

They no longer make recordings like this.

Prokofiev - Symphony No.1 Classical & No.5 (James Levine, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Deutsche Grammophon)

Sibelius - Symphony No.4 (Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warner Apex)

Stanford - Symphony No.3 Irish (David Lloyd-Jones, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Naxos)

These early examples of the form are wonderful pieces that are full of character and are really worth a listen. They are assertive and well played performances. However, the real secret of this set are the three quartets that are also included in this set; wonderful chamber music.

Brahms - Variations on a Theme by Haydn (Adrian Boult, London Philharmonic Orchestra, EMI)

Ravel - Bolero (Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic, Sony Classical)