Hi-Do Shin writes concerning the Beethoven String Quartets:

>1. 8-cd set on Auvidis label.
>2. 8-cd set on Naive label.
>3. 7-cd set on Music & Arts label.
>
>I appreciate any comments.

The 1972/stereo traversal by the Vegh Quartet used to be on Auvidis and
has been reissued on Naive.  The set on Music & Arts is from 20 years
earlier and is, of course, in mono sound.  Both sets are at reduced
prices, but I think that the Music & Arts costs much less than the Naive.
Peformance-wise, the 1952 readings are quicker and more emphatic.  The
1972 set presents a warmer Beethoven.

Don Satz
[log in to unmask]