Peter Friedman

String Quartets No. 3 & 4

I am very sorry to hear this sad news. Ira Gitler was a huge influence on my jazz development. Initially I read his many liner notes on the LP's I would buy. His time at Down Beat was when that magazine was at its peak. It is the usual thing to find that the jazz writers we like the most are those with whom we share a similar taste. Ira was one of the very few where our taste in jazz is almost identical. I only met Ira once very briefly. As one of my major influences, I was impressed that Ira knew my name as a jazz record reviewer for the now defunct CODA magazine. Ira even quoted one of my reviews in a liner note he wrote.

Disc 2

Dvorak - String Quartet No.8, Op.80 Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.2

Schumann - String Quartet Op.41/3 Mozart - Piano Concerto No.26, K.537

Yes that is the one.

My CD on the Discovery label had a much less objectionable cover. Was not able to locate the image.

Beethoven - Symphony No.3 "Eroica" Minnesota Orchestra - Osmo Vanka - SACD

Brahms - Symphony No.2