Donald Satz wrote: >Anyways, at one point I was comparing the Vienna Octet to St. Martins on >Chandos and a HIP recording. What really struck me was how idiomatic the >Vienna Octet recording was. Easily the best of the three. I also think highly of the Vienna Octet recording and, at the other end of ther spectrum, Mozzafiato & L'Archibudelli. There are, however, a few recordings that haven't been mentioned yet in this thread which are worthwhile to hear: - The Berlin Octet (members of the Berliner Philharmoniker) (1975) - The Fine Arts Qt. with members of the New York Woodwind Quintet (sixties) and, not reissued on CD, but a *must* IMO: - The Lener Qt. plus four great musicians of which Charles Draper and Aubrey Brain are the most welll known (1928). Philip