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Haydn Quartets, Schubert Trios

Posted by John Coombs on February 8, 2001 at 10:14:37:
To those already mentioned I'd add the Haydn Quartets,
starting with either the most recognized (Op. 76) or
near the beginning (Op. 20 or Op.33). I got going with
the Tatrai Quartet on Hungaraton, but I also like the
Mosaiques Quartet on Audiovis. There is also a disk of
three quartets across Haydn's career by the Quartetto
Italiano that I treasure -- not sure if it is in print
in the U.S., I found mine on a business trip to France.
Haydn and Mozart influenced each other heavily in the
quartet repetoire, Mozart's 6 "Haydn" Quartets are his
masterpieces -- again the Italiano or Mosaiques are my
favorites.
I have the Vegh and the Italiano in the Beethoven Quartets,
and I would not part with either. Some will tout the
Emersons in the spikey, modern Bartok quartets, I prefer
the Vegh recordings.
The Schubert Quartets are wonderful -- I'm not sure anyone
is consistently great across them all. Most of my recordings
are by the Lindsays (I should revisit this area of my
collection) or the Quartetto Italiano. (If you can't tell, I
have certain preferences.) Besides the Trout (Piano Quintet)
there is a Schubert String Quintet that should not be missed --
multiple recordings out of this and no recommendation that
comes to mind.
Finally, besides the Dumky, check out the Schubert Piano Trios
with, say, the Beaux Arts (the less expensive earlier recordings
on Philips), the Haydn Piano Trios (same, the Beaux Arts
recorded them all on 8 or 9 disks), and the other late Dvorak
Piano Trio.
Hope this helps. You're at the beginning of a wonderful
adventure.
John