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Two very different A minor pieces--

G. P. Telemann:  Concerto in A minor for Recorder, Viola da gamba and strings



L. van Beethoven:  String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

[Tyson]

L. van Beethoven:  String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

Ah, the Quatuor Mosaiques are maybe the best string quartet in the world right now.  Nice

[LesterSleepsIn]

Ah, the Quatuor Mosaiques are maybe the best string quartet in the world right now.  Nice

I’m a big fan of their Haydn string quartets recordings but don’t know their Beethoven. Yet.
Man, I’ve got to stop reading this thread.



Haydn: String Quartets, Op.20, 33 &51
Box Set
Franz Joseph Haydn (Composer), Quatuor Mosaïques (Orchestra), Erich Höbarth (Performer)

[S Clark]

EMI/Angel/Toshiba WF-60035   Japanese pressing Furtwangler Mozart Serenade #10
Typical excellent performance on classic mono lp.  Not the most detailed recording, but not sure what is to be expected from a 1947 master tape. 
No picture, not much info available on line.  Must be somewhat rare lp. 
Furtwangler was the darling of the National Socialist German Workers' Party and often photographed with government officials for propaganda purposes. 

[Randy]

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This performance of Op. 135 now rises to the top of my list-- just breathtaking--

L. van Beethoven:  String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

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Paul Hindemith:  String Quartet No. 4, Op. 22

[S Clark]

Is this available only on standard cd?

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Is this available only on standard cd?

Only standard CD and streaming I believe.  No downloads anywhere from what I can find.

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Francisco Antonio de Almeida(c.1702-1755): La Giuditta (1726)

[LesterSleepsIn]

This performance of Op. 135 now rises to the top of my list-- just breathtaking--

L. van Beethoven:  String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135

I’m about read to spring for this set.

A hard choice I know but I tend to prefer the Middle Quartets because of the Rassumovsky quartets that continue to stun me every time I hear them, almost regardless of performers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PRYWoU5LA4&sns=em

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I’m about read to spring for this set.

A hard choice I know but I tend to prefer the Middle Quartets because of the Rassumovsky quartets that continue to stun me every time I hear them, almost regardless of performers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PRYWoU5LA4&sns=em

What other late Beethoven quartets cycle(s), if any, do you already own?

The new Mosaiques set is not uniformly excellent, IMO, so you don't necessarily need to have it if you've already got these in performances you really love.

Their Grosse Fuge is the best I've ever heard and it's an extremely good Op. 131 but I was actually underwhelmed by Ops. 127, 130 and 132.

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Sándor Veress: String Quartet No. 2 (1937)

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Symphonies by the original Frank Zappa--

Francesco Zappa (c.1717-1803): Six Symphonies

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One of my most favorite pieces of music ever in an appropriately full blooded, high contrast, hyper-Romantic performance--

Johannes Brahms: String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88

[S Clark]

BIS LP 341   Obscure works from the 16th and 17 century by a bunch of lutenist and singers

[LesterSleepsIn]

What other late Beethoven quartets cycle(s), if any, do you already own?

The new Mosaiques set is not uniformly excellent, IMO, so you don't necessarily need to have it if you've already got these in performances you really love.

Their Grosse Fuge is the best I've ever heard and it's an extremely good Op. 131 but I was actually underwhelmed by Ops. 127, 130 and 132.

On cd, the Tokyo and the Takacs.

On vinyl - NOW I’D HAVE TO RUN ALL THE WAY UPSTAIRS TO CHECK - but I have the Budapest and the Busch.
The Budapest is wonderful.

Never heard the Italiano but always wanted to do so.

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The greatest symphonist of the post-Shostakovich era--

Per Nørgård: Symphony No. 8 (2010-11)

[S Clark]

Mercury SR90230  Bach Chorales and Fantasias
Dupre on the big organ at St. Sulpice

[S Clark]

Havergal Brian- the best post Gershwin symphonist