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After being in the late-19th/early-20th C. for so long, the more Beethoven I hear, the more I want. Thanks to you each, rbbert, Haydn, and Carlos for your suggestions. Fwiw, I also received a suggestion for the Alban Berg Quartet. As rbbert notes, so many different styles.
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Today, the Nielsen disc from this set. More jaw-dropping performances.
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Today I listened to the Peter Mennin Piano Concerto and Richard Yardumian's Passacaglia, Recitative and Fugue for Piano and Orchestra from John Ogdon's "Complete RCA Recordings." Again, just mind-blowing playing, especially in the Mennin Concerto (I can see/hear why it's rarely played due to its incredible difficulty), but the sound is a little disappointing. His piano sounds rather "glassy" in that piece, and there's a fair amount of distortion/tape saturation in the Yardumian. Still, very interesting and worthwhile music.
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After listening to many of those on your list, I chose the Tokyo String Quartet for my "A" shelf. Great combination of performance and sound quality. Happy listening!
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Beethoven's "Hammerklavier" Sonata, Op.106 from John Ogdon's new RCA set. This piece seems tailor made for Ogdon's massive intellect and prodigious technique.
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Thank you Baroque and bart for those suggestions.
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I just ordered the complete Tokyo String Quartet - Beethoven set from one of Amazon's better sellers - 9 discs, brand new, for $14.96 -
I think even us old folks on fixed incomes can spring for that much cash - for the sake of good music. Thanks Gary/Baroque.
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