Donald Satz wrote:

>The one particular early romantic genre not well covered at all on HIP
>recordings are Beethoven's and Schubert's string quartets.  I expect that
>to be remedied very soon; I consulted my TV psychic who assured me that I
>would be enjoying these works on HIP recordings within one year.  They
>always predict great things for me.  I think they are all HIP fans.

You should look for the recordings of the Quatuor Mosaiques on Astree.
They have recorded op. 18, 5 & 6; as far as I know they are planning to
do the whole opus 18, but I don't know how far they have progressed.  There
is another recording of op. 18, by the Turner Quartet on Harmonia mundi.
I haven't heard it, so I don't know how it sounds.  There has also been a
recording of op. 18 (why always that one?) on the deutsche harmonia mundi
with the Smithsonian String Quartet (with Jaap Schroder), but I don't think
that one is still available.

Johan van Veen
Utrecht (Netherlands)
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