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Diapason wrote: if you come back on here telling me you don't like the Passacaglia, expect much wailing and gnashing of teeth!!

I always go straight to that... in fact I'm going to put it on now!!

Came home tired last night after teaching an evening lecture, but my brain needed further demands put on it! I listened to two old favourites:

Pollini in late Beethoven (Op. 110):



The Végh Quartet in Bartók's exhilarating 4th Quartet:

Ciaran wrote:The Végh Quartet in Bartók's exhilarating 4th Quartet:

How does the Végh compare to the Takacs quartet Ciaran?
Actually the pic on the cover above is the outdoor Szechenyi hot spring baths in Budapest. Well worth a visit if you ever get the chance. In winter time the surrounding pool area could be covered in feet of snow but the water in the pool remains quite warm.

DaveF wrote:

Ciaran wrote:The Végh Quartet in Bartók's exhilarating 4th Quartet

How does the Végh compare to the Takacs quartet Ciaran?
Actually the pic on the cover above is the outdoor Szechenyi hot spring baths in Budapest. Well worth a visit if you ever get the chance. In winter time the surrounding pool area could be covered in feet of snow but the water in the pool remains quite warm.

I wondered what that picture was! My set actually has quite a different cover.

I don't have the Takács's Bartók (or Beethoven, but I have some of their Schubert on order), so I can't compare. I must get it: it's been on my wishlist for years! However I do really like the Végh in Bartók and Beethoven. I have the Tokyo Quartet and the Fine Arts Quartet on LP and while they're very good, I feel the Végh are even better. There is also a mono recording of the Végh Quartet playing the Bartók quartets which was made in the 50s and is supposed to be very good.

Mahler's Symphony 6 from this wonderful set.

DaveF wrote:

Dave, do you have the original set as well?

fergus wrote:Dave, do you have the original set as well?

I dont have the complete set Fergus, just the M2 & M3. The M3 is gone missing though.

Nielsen Symphonies 3 & 4
Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra
Theodore Kuchar conducting
rec. 2005, Concert Hall Ostrava, Czech Republic



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fergus wrote:

have just been listening to "Thy hand Belinda... When I am laid in Earth.."

lovely.... Lorraine Hunt's version on HM