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D. Stephen Heersink wrote:
>I've been thoroughly pleased with the Naxos' series and the Kodaly
>Quartet performing Dvorak's Quartets. The one exception is the most
>famous and probably most popular quartet, the "American."
I have the Kodaly discs and agree that the series is very rewarding with a
price tag that can't be beat. Naxos, in my opinion, does a splendid job
with chamber music of the Romantic and later time periods. I'm not so
enthusiastic about their chamber discs from the classical period.
>So, where does one go to for the "American?" Perhaps others have
>suggestions; I haven't found one I yet like (maybe it's the piece).
It might well be the piece, because there are a good number of excellent
versions - Prazak on Praga, Stamitz on Bayer, and the Panocha on Supraphon
are just three highly idiomatic choices.
Don Satz
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