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  Chamber Music - your best pick.
Be it the solo, duets, trios, quartets or quintets.
What is/are your favorite(s) in this gener?
What are your recommendations - classical, romantic or 20th century composers.

Most played lately in my system is Shostakovich String Quartets.
Others that get a lot of playing time are Brahms, Dvorak and Schubert.

Would like to check out something new that I haven't heard before. I was looking to pick up some Elgar string quartet and piano quintet next. Any other recommendations? Thanks.
Audphile1  (Threads | Answers | This Thread)

10-07-07
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10-07-07   I recommend brahms' double concerto. my favorite recording ...   Sufentanil

10-07-07   I really like messiaen's "quartet for the end of time&q ...   Photon46

10-07-07   Mozart, the complete piano trios.beaux arts trio, phillips 4 ...   Majicjazz

10-07-07   Emerson string quartet bach "die kungst der fuge". ...   Czbbcl

10-07-07   Sufentanil, thanks for the recommendation. i have brahms' do ...   Audphile1

10-07-07   Audphile1, here are suggestions for some 20th century chambe ...   Rushton

10-07-07: Jax2
Haydn, The Seven Words, Rosamunde Quartett ECM

I don't think it falls into the periods you named, but fits the genre: try out some of the astounding music played by Jordi Savall on his label, Alia Vox. This is all early music (baroque) with some emphasis on the Viola Da Gamba if Savall is playing, which he breaths life into in such a remarkable way. If you have SACD (even if not), I'd suggest this 2-CD set of the work of Marin Marais. Most of the work on his label is recorded and mastered beautifully. It'd be difficult to go wrong (search his name on Amazon and see if anything there interests you). I particularly enjoy the renditions of Marais's work as well as Sainte Colombe - both of whom were the subject of the beautiful film, Tous Les Matins du Monde, another good choice with more variety perhaps.

Marco

Jax2  (Reviews | Threads | Answers | This Thread)


10-07-07   This is not unique in terms of material, but the small group ...   Knownothing

10-07-07   And now or something completely different but true to your g ...   Shadorne

10-07-07   Mozart. eine kleine nacht muzik. the budapest quartet featur ...   Oregon

10-07-07   Oh, brother! those guys need to hook up with lara st. john ...   Jax2

10-07-07   By the way, chamber music presents a fantastic oportunity fo ...   Eldartford

10-07-07   Have you tried bartok yet? his six quartets are superb. th ...   Rshak

10-07-07   Wow.....this is great! i'll definitely look into every sugg ...   Audphile1

10-07-07   any piano trios on hyperion by the floristan trio. they hav ...   Rja

10-08-07   Tchaikovsky "the seasons" is also very nice as is ...   Czbbcl

10-08-07   Audphile1: don't know what you have, but f.w.i.w., here are ...   Steveott

10-09-07   Also rachel podger and trevor pinnock do a very nice job wit ...   Czbbcl

10-09-07   Steve, brahms is one of my favorite. i have the clarinet pie ...   Audphile1

10-10-07   Just picked up 2 cds: 1) george enescu - octet, op.7; quinte ...   Audphile1

10-12-07   The late beethoven string quartets, in my opinion, are at th ...   Lapaix

10-12-07   Thanks lapaix! i'll check it out...if i can find it   Audphile1

10-13-07   Hi: there is a lot of great chamber music, such as schubert ...   Mrtennis

10-13-07   Mrtennis, i actually wasn't asking for a definitive answer. ...   Audphile1

10-14-07   Something on the obscure side which imo ranks in the top tie ...   Opalchip

10-14-07   Opalchip, thanks for the link. i listened to most of it. ver ...   Audphile1

10-14-07   It is expensive from the dealers, but if you keep an eye on ...   Opalchip

10-24-07   Got bartok quartets(emerson string q) and brams quartets and ...   Audphile1

10-24-07   The shostakovich quartets are among my favorites too. try t ...   Brownsfan

10-24-07   Brownsfan, thanks.   Audphile1


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