William Jenks wrote:
>I'm looking into purchasing some recordings of the Haydn string quartets.
>(I have none now.) Penguin seems to like many of the Kodaly recordings,
>and the price is right (Naxos!).
Kodaly Quartet play very idiomatic, patrician interpretations of the Haydn
quartets. You really can't go wrong with that cycle especially in light of
the low cost.
>Also, which of the quartets ought to be on my "must have" list?
I am tempted to say all of them. . . but the absolute "must haves" in my
opinion would be the opus 33, 64, and 76 quartets.
Mark