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In Reply to: RE: Need suggestions for Chamber Music on vinyl posted by banpuku on November 10, 2015 at 11:46:04
Juilliard's FIRST recordings of the Bartok quartets. The Columbia 6-eyes tend to be more quiet than the old Blue labels. I've spent more money than I care to admit assembling whisper-quiet copies.
The Vox box set of Faure Chamber music, but the Holland pressings. US Vox sucks. Eymar & Co really get to the heart of the music, IMHO. I also enjoy the Quatuor Parrenin, on French EMI. (No UK, IIRC.)
I second the vote for the Rach Cello Sonata with Wild and Shapiro. Just as many great tunes as the 2nd Piano Concerto. I used to corner cello players in College and make them play the 3rd mov't with me. Someday I'm going to transcribe it for piano alone.
Since you like sound quality: the Robles quartet on Argo playing Debussy, Ravel and Bax is stunning. The Bax trio is especially transporting.
Finally, there's a trio of Vaughan Williams' chamber music on EMI. I'd go first for the Phantasy Quartet Lp, including the 6 Studies in English Folk Song--#4 gets me every time--and the Violin Sonata, which isn't bad. The other two lp's in include his vocal works, some of which include instrumentalists as well. There's one song, "There is a Wind that Doth Blow" for piano, tenor and violin, that is particularly moving. All very well recorded.
I'm a big fan of Franz Schreker, and his Chamber Symphony is a pretty colorful, incredibly orchestrated work. It's only on digital as far as I know: Koch and Nonesuch.
Well, that's a start!
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Excellent suggestions, I'll look for some of those too. We've discussed the Juilliard's Bartok quartets in the past, and I have to hand it to you, you are very perceptive about how the different cellists (Arthur Winograd in the first and Claus Adam in the second) make a profound difference in the two versions.
However, when it comes to sound quality, the first set are very early LPs and sound absolutely dreadful. No wonder you spent so much to get the best possible copies. The second set has good sound quality for the time (1964), and the LPs are reasonably cheap and easy to find in decent condition. My set is clean NM. And it is also a great performance despite your perceptive and accurate observations. If you are sending the OP on a search for a quiet, clean first set, you are giving him a lot of work to do. ;-)
Me? I'm still looking for a quiet copy of quartet 1 and 2. I've irked a lot of sellers who feel that NM = black and vaguely round from a distance. : )
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