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Sonny Red (AKA Sylvester Kyner), Charli Persip (he dropped the e) and Denis Charles.

That set goes for big bucks on all Amazon sites I've checked, usually more than $400. Ridiculous. I wonder if the same material is included on the more recent (2006), larger (9 CDs) and cheaper ($35 from Amazon) Philips set: "Mozart: Violin Sonatas; String Duos & Trios"? http://www.amazon.com/Mozart-Violin-Sonatas-String-Trios/dp/B00004YSBH/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1366514125&sr=8-5&keywords=Grumiaux+Walter+Klien+mozart+philips+sonatas It does include the Arthur Grumiaux/Walter Klien recordings. It also has recordings by Isabelle van Keulen (violin) and Ronald Brautigam (piano or harpsichord), Gérard Poulet (violin) and Blandine Verlet (harpsichord), and Arthur Grumiaux in various settings with Arrigo Pelliccia (viola) and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemble.

That set goes for big bucks on all Amazon sites I've checked, usually more than $400. Ridiculous.

Audio clips on AMG: http://www.allmusic.com/album/mozart-paris-1778-6-sonates-k-301-306-mw0001871677 On first hearing on my crappy computer speakers I didn't dislike the sound of the tangent piano as much as what I've heard of most fortepianos. Hm. Did they record anything else?

These non-HIP recordings are pretty good in my view: Sonatas for Violin and Piano Nos.18, K301; 21, K304; 26, K378; 27, K379 • Augustin Dumay and Maria João Pires – DG Sonatas for Violin and Piano Nos.27, K379; 32, K454; 35, K526 • Christian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt – Ondine As I've said ad nauseam I don't like the sound of a fortepiano, that's why I don't have any HIP performances of these sonatas.

Already a thread here:

Post #3 didn't answer anything for me. Maybe I just don't understand what was meant by it, and a lengthier explanation would be helpful. If "all BN remasters were done in the digital domain," then why the distinction between "remaster" and "digital remaster"? It took some effort on EMI's part to note that on the CD covers, esp. when they didn't note personnel. If anyone has a knowledge of this, that would be great. If it's just speculation, well, anyone can speculate, right? There is no distinction between "remasters" and "digital remasters" that were done for Blue Note CDs and SACDs, they were all digital remasters; it's just that the latter description is more explicit than the former. It looks like they didn't do any research for this reissue, just to keep the cost as low as possible. Early remasters were done using 16-bit resolution, later ones used 20-bit and 24-bit resolution, but that didn't become available until some time in the 1990s - see also post #9: like Kevin said there wasn't a 24-bit mastering station in 1987, so that shows how accurate the descriptions on this release are; some are plain nonsense.

Exactly.

All Blue Note CD and SACD remasters were done in the digital domain.

So you're the opposite of Classics Today's David Hurwitz, who clearly developed a distaste for non-vibrato string playing I'm more on your side but not totally; I don't mind a light vibrato, but too much vibrato gets on my nerves, it's one of the things I don't like in "romantic" interpretations. Thanks for the recommendation of the Schuppanzighs; I've ordered those two, the Apponyi and a few Festetics.

They usually get cheaper if you wait a bit. Assuming, of course, they don't go OOP.That's the problem, some sets went OOP quite fast, while others remained available for quite a while.

Universal's Hip-O sets are always expensive, about $20 per disc.

Thanks for the recommendation, but I've listened to samples of that set several times last year and I can't get used to the fortepiano and I'm not an organ fan. I like Schornsheim's playing, though. Her Well-Tempered Clavier (4 CDs) is excellent.

I read a few very favourable reviews of the Apponyi. I think I'm going to try their CD - they only recorded one, with Op.33. Thanks.

Just heard that conductor Sir Colin Davis has died. He was 85. I have several of his recordings. Love his Sibelius and late Haydn and Dvořák. BBC obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22148334

Mike told me he's not that interested in string quartets, so I doubt he'll post here.

It's not only the age of the instruments (some are copies), it's also the way they are played, the pitch, things like that. Plus, I'm not a fan of "romantic" interpretations of baroque and much classical music.

Thanks, but they play on modern instruments and I prefer period instruments - except fortepiano, which I don't like at all - for Haydn (and Mozart, Bach and other earlier composers). Excellent quartet, though.

Two other names that were suggested for Haydn are the Apponyi and Schuppanzigh Quartets, both on period instruments. Anyone?

The thread title speaks for itself. I am especially interested in opinions on the interpretations by the Hungarian Festetics Quartet, Simon Standage's Salomon Quartet and other quartets that specialize in period ("HIP") performances. I've never heard the Festetics' interpretations, which seem to be controversial; I've read many reviews that are very positive, but others complain about the slow movements, that some characterized as being "solemn", way too slow. There were also complaints about their intonation, which one reviewer described as being even worse than in the Vegh Quartet's Beethoven quartets. Opinions and recommendations ("HIP" only, please) are very welcome. P.S. Forgot to say that I have all the Quatuor Mosaïques Haydn string quartet CDs. Unfortunately, they didn't record all of the quartets.

It's a generalization, of course, and maybe I'm opening a can of worms, but Bernstein is not as appreciated in Europe as he is in the United States. Thanks for the tip, though.

Yep, this is all very weird. As Kevin said it's a limited edition of 5000, not 1000, and it's not sold out. And Ubu is right, Mosaic doesn't do re-releases. I wonder what is being sold here.

That decision was made in the early days of this board, to keep it as "family friendly" as possible.

Jim decided to move it to the Politics forum as it quickly became a political discussion.

Buying stuff on labels like that is always risky quality-wise