everybody who came after him was just sort of thrashing about, maybe doing great stuff sometimes, sure, but never with the grace and elegance and economy and style
― j., Sunday, 11 May 2014 18:33 (nine years ago) link
huh, i didn't realize derek simpson from the aeolian quartet was also part of the 'eleanor rigby' octet
― j., Sunday, 11 May 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
http://www.haydn107.com/index.php?id=1&lng=2
this is some v. nice work
― i have measured out my life in Goffey, Coombes (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 16 January 2016 17:32 (eight years ago) link
god
― example (crüt), Friday, 3 February 2017 00:33 (seven years ago) link
i can't express how amazing his string quartets are 2 me
otm
― though the tempest rages, (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Thursday, 16 March 2017 12:16 (seven years ago) link
For the string quartets, I alternate between the Alban Berg Quartett on modern instruments and the Quatuor Mosaïques when I'm in the mood for a more historicist sound.
The piano sonatas merit attention as well. I got acquainted with them via Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's remarkably thorough interpretations. The Variations in F minor, although not a sonata, strike me as the highlight.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 16 March 2017 14:06 (seven years ago) link
My local HMV has the Takacs Quartet recording for a few quid (string quartets) - can anyone recommend?
― millmeister, Thursday, 16 March 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
Their second recording of Bartók's quartets is a desert island disc as far as I'm concerned, but I'm not too fond of their forays into pre-20th century material, so I'd check out Mosaïques or the ABQ first if I were you.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 16 March 2017 16:46 (seven years ago) link
Jerusalem Quartet's couple of Haydn discs on Harmonia Mundi are wonderful, too
― chip n dale recuse rangers (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 16 March 2017 16:49 (seven years ago) link
Thanks both, will investigate. On a separate note, I've been enjoying the Piano Trios a lot - very melodic. The disk I have is performed by the Bayeux Arts Trio.
― millmeister, Friday, 17 March 2017 11:50 (seven years ago) link
listening to his trumpet concerto in E-flat -- the economical beauty of this piece is impressive, i don't know how else to describe it. i mean it's more than impressive: it's otherworldly.
― omar little, Friday, 16 August 2019 20:38 (four years ago) link
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― j., Friday, 16 August 2019 22:51 (four years ago) link
still true
― Vape Store (crüt), Saturday, 17 August 2019 01:24 (four years ago) link
you've had two and a half years, have you even been trying to express it
― j., Saturday, 17 August 2019 01:38 (four years ago) link
maybe you'll do it someday