Peter Friedman

String Quartet in A minor and in D minor

Dvorak - String Quartet No.12, Op.96 "American" & Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.2, Op.19

I first heard this album when first issued about 1959 or so. Didn't care for it then. But now many decades later I decided to give it a listen again. It began (for me) very dull and cold sounding, with no jazz feeling. Things improved after about ten minutes into the Concerto. Cannonball and Art Farmer's playing was warmer and their solos had a jazz sensibility. Brooks deserves credit for attempting something different from the usual jazz albums being produced. So on the whole a mixed bag. There was not enough music that appealed to me beyond a modest level. It is doubtful that this is an album I will choose to listen to again.

Brahms - Violin Concerto Op.77 - Klemperer

Haydn - String Quartet Op.76/3 "Emperor" & Dvorak - Piano Quartet No.2, 87

Brahms - Symphony No.1