Wes Crone wrote:

>Dan Zimmerman requested recommendations from the list for a good recording
>of Schubert's string quintet.
>
>This is one of my favorite works of all time by ANY composer.  It is
>just breathtakingly beautiful and has my vote for the best quintet ever.
>Anyway, because I love this work so much I have bought and returned several
>versions because they didn't satisfy me.  One version which has finally
>made me happy is with Issac Stern, YO-Yo Ma, Cho-Liang Lin, Jaime Laredo,
>and Sharon Robinson.  It is available on the Sony Classics label.  The
>recording was made in April of 1993 and sounds as great as the playing.

I'll second that fine cd, but also put in a cheer or five for the recording
on Vivarte with Vera Beths, Lisa Rautenberg, Jody Gatwood, Steven Dann,
Kenneth Slowik, and ANNER BYLSMA!  They all play Strads.  Also on the cd
is teh Rondo in A Major for violin and String quartet.

Mimi Ezust