Peter Friedman

Grant plays tenor sax on 6 tracks and soprano sax on the other 2 tracks. On tenor his identifiable sound and style come through strongly. When he plays soprano his playing lacks those qualities, and he loses the personal qualities that make him one of my favorite living tenor saxophonists.

Over the years I have observed here that there seems to be two basic types of listening patterns to classical music recordings. Some most often tend to listen to an entire CD /LP. For example, if the recording has 3 Haydn String Quartets, or 2 Beethoven Symphonies, the person will play through the entire CD / LP. Others tend to pick and choose, and often do not play the entire recording at one time. For example, that person will play one of the Haydn String Quartets on the recording and then perhaps play one of the Beethoven symphonies. I usually (though there are exceptions) fall into the second group. I generally prefer to listen to a variety of classical music in one setting rather than listen to , for example, one Beethoven Symphony right after another. One approach is not better than another, just different. Any thoughts?

Prazak Quartet - Mozart String Quartet K.421 Brendel - Mozart Piano Concerto No.22, K.482

Haydn - Piano Sonatas No. 52, 32, 31, 46 Excellent

Haydn - Op.50/6 Mozart - Violin Concerto No.5

One of the Brubeck Quartet's best recordings. Highly recommended.