Donald Satz wrote

>Bob Draper wrote:
>
>>The Kodaly's have finished the Job and a good job too, exceeded
>>(possibly) only by the masaiques (spelling?).
>
>Other excellent string quartets in this repertoire are the Alban Berg on
>EMI, Tatrai on Hungaroton, Salomon on Hyperion, and Endellion on Virgin.

The Tatrai's was considered the definitive set for a long while.  You might
pick these up cheaply secondhand.  But, sound quality on the set is only
so-so.

>>Spend your money on something else like Jeno Jando's recordings of
>>the Haydn sonatas on Naxos.
>
>Or pay top dollar for the "prime-rib" performances of Brendel on Philips.
>Such elegance and pacing!  Then try out Brendel's Schubert on the same
>label.

I have both plus several others.  Brendel's is a fine set.  But, you know,
I feel Jando brings something new to these works.  A word of warning about
Jando though on some recordings he has Glenn Gould's habit of humming along
with the tunes.

>>Or get the Beaux Arts boxed set of trios.
>
>A great HIP series is on Harmonia Mundi (Cohen, Hobarth, and Coin).  ..

I'll look out for this set.  HIP that's interesting because the early trios
were meant to be played with harpischord I think.

Bob Draper
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