I'm gonna post my journey through these awesome works so far. Hope you enjoy the ride.
Alphabetically:
Alan Berg 1st cycle, ADD/DDD,EMI very good sound & performance, required listening
Artemis, Virgin,DDD very good sound and performance
Belcea, Alpha,DDD, very good sound & performance
Borodin, Chandos,DDD, very good sound and performance
Budapest,Sony,mono, good mono sound, good performance
Cremona Quatetto,Audite,DDD, superb sound and playing, a favorite
Cypress, Avie,DDD,very good sound and performance, a fav
Emerson, DGG,DDD,very good sound and performance
Guarneri, Brilliant,DDD,very good sound & performance, a favorite
Hungarian, EMI, mono, good mono sound, great performance
Italiano Quartetto,Philips/Decca,ADD, very good sound & great performance, a classic
Juilliard live, CBS,DDD, very good sound & performance, has the excitement of a live performance
Leipzig,MDG,DDD, excellent sound & performance
Takacs,Decca,DDD, excellent sound and performance
Prazak,PRAGA,DDD, fantastic sound & great performance, a fav
Tokyo, RCA,DDD, excellent sound and performance, a fav
Vegh, Digitals,mono, pretty good sound for mono & great performance.
Vermeer, Warner, DDD, very good sound & performance
Here's where I know some will disagree with me.
Cycles I did not care too much for.
Talich, I just can't get by the recorded sound, I've tried many times and I give up. That violin,UGH.
Gewandhaus, I just don't care for the light sound the cycle has.
No gravitas at all. I always feel like I need to turn up the volume.
Colorado, it's not bad, I just don't like the prominence of the 1st violin and I have heard better performances.
Elias, just heard samples but the strident first violin kills me.
Orford, excellent playing but the volume fluctuates up and down with different quartets.
I'm still waiting to receive in the mail the Smetana and Lindsays so I'll update later on those.
I have the first 2 volumes of the Cuarteto Casals on Harmonia Mundi and love them.
The surprise so far is the Cypress cycle on Avie. I just love the sound and performance there.
I hope you enjoyed this and I'm sure some interesting comments will follow.
Thank for reading this. :tiphat:
Alphabetically:
Alan Berg 1st cycle, ADD/DDD,EMI very good sound & performance, required listening
Artemis, Virgin,DDD very good sound and performance
Belcea, Alpha,DDD, very good sound & performance
Borodin, Chandos,DDD, very good sound and performance
Budapest,Sony,mono, good mono sound, good performance
Cremona Quatetto,Audite,DDD, superb sound and playing, a favorite
Cypress, Avie,DDD,very good sound and performance, a fav
Emerson, DGG,DDD,very good sound and performance
Guarneri, Brilliant,DDD,very good sound & performance, a favorite
Hungarian, EMI, mono, good mono sound, great performance
Italiano Quartetto,Philips/Decca,ADD, very good sound & great performance, a classic
Juilliard live, CBS,DDD, very good sound & performance, has the excitement of a live performance
Leipzig,MDG,DDD, excellent sound & performance
Takacs,Decca,DDD, excellent sound and performance
Prazak,PRAGA,DDD, fantastic sound & great performance, a fav
Tokyo, RCA,DDD, excellent sound and performance, a fav
Vegh, Digitals,mono, pretty good sound for mono & great performance.
Vermeer, Warner, DDD, very good sound & performance
Here's where I know some will disagree with me.
Cycles I did not care too much for.
Talich, I just can't get by the recorded sound, I've tried many times and I give up. That violin,UGH.
Gewandhaus, I just don't care for the light sound the cycle has.
No gravitas at all. I always feel like I need to turn up the volume.
Colorado, it's not bad, I just don't like the prominence of the 1st violin and I have heard better performances.
Elias, just heard samples but the strident first violin kills me.
Orford, excellent playing but the volume fluctuates up and down with different quartets.
I'm still waiting to receive in the mail the Smetana and Lindsays so I'll update later on those.
I have the first 2 volumes of the Cuarteto Casals on Harmonia Mundi and love them.
The surprise so far is the Cypress cycle on Avie. I just love the sound and performance there.
I hope you enjoyed this and I'm sure some interesting comments will follow.
Thank for reading this. :tiphat: