Andrew Jackson wrote:

>I don't have the Simax, but the Chandos release (the Zapolski Quartet)
>must avoid IMHO.  They play with much too much desire to charm, rounding
>all the essential sharp edges.  Unfortunately, this single disc is marked
>as volume one (shudder).

Andrew is not alone in this view; at least two reviews I read were of
similar mind, although none of them was "shuddering."

I have to provide a dissenting view.  I like the Chandos, Simax,
Kontrapunkt, and the new Naxos.  Yes, the Zapolski do round off the musical
edges - sounds good.  The Oslo highlight those edges - sounds good also.
I think that the string quartets can handle both types of interpretation,
and I appreciate both.  At any rate, when the next volume from the Zapolski
comes out, I'll be acquiring it quickly.

>By the way Don, have you heard Comotio (for organ).

No I haven't.  But I'm sure that I will in the near future.  I just want
to finish up on my appreciation of the piano works before I hit the organ
pieces.  Which recordings of Nielsen's organ works are recommended?

Don Satz
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