Raff String Quartets 1 & 2 study score/Breitkopf

[eschiss1]

ah, ok. (Also, I'd have described this as Kammermusik 2.heft or something like that, though this way maybe we get new recordings of the sextet and (another new recording- I certainly don't mind!!! of the) piano quintet (Presto seems no longer to offer the 2003 recording, but Amazon does (CD and MP3) and MDG still lists it, though.)

[Gareth Vaughan]

A new recording of the Piano Quintet, with tempi and phrasing more like those found on Adriano's old LP performance, would certainly be welcome.

[Mark Thomas]

Have you heard the Divox recording of the Piano Quintet played by il Trittico and others? It's a huge improvement on that from MDG's Ensemble Villa Musica, and has the added bonus of the Phantasy, a little winner of a work (oh, and Goetz's Quintet, of course).

[Alan Howe]

Mark's 100% correct here. The Divox recording is far more energised than the MDG.

[Gareth Vaughan]

Thanks, both. I will certainly check it out.

[Alan Howe]

How good's the English?