In Reply to: Mozart String Quintet K. 516 versions? posted by risabet on November 23, 2015 at 16:38:04:
I have (and enjoy) two recordings (different performances) with the Prazak Quartet, one with Jan Talich, and one with Hatto Beyerle. I think both of these recordings used to be available from BRO for cheap, but I just checked Amazon and the one with Beyerle seems have a $61 asking price now. This kind of madness should be eliminated once we're all streaming everything! ;-)
Another recording I like is by the Takacs Quartet and Denes Koromzay, but it's the earlier one on the Hungaroton label. (I haven't heard the group's later recording on Decca recommended below.)
I suspect I haven't heard as many recordings of this work as a couple of other folks who posted in this thread. The work itself is of course a masterpiece - I feel that Mozart's music really benefits from the added fifth part (compared to a string quartet) in terms of complexity, interest and richness.
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- I kind of enjoy the Central European approach myself - Chris from Lafayette 18:10:54 11/23/15 (0)