maddog@tolerant.UUCP (Bill Arnett) (10/08/85)
Though I am a long-time classical music lover, I have had relatively
little exposure to chamber music. How 'bout some recommendations?
Preferably on CD. I'll post the results if anyone else is interested.
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Bill Arnett {ucbvax,nsc}!tolerant!maddog
Tolerant Systems, Inc. San Jose
408/946-5667ttp@kestrel.ARPA (10/11/85)
In article <168@tolerant.UUCP>, maddog@tolerant.UUCP (Bill Arnett) writes: > Though I am a long-time classical music lover, I have had relatively > little exposure to chamber music. How 'bout some recommendations? > Preferably on CD. I'll post the results if anyone else is interested. I don't know anything about what is available on CD. These are my favorites off the top of my head. schubert: quartet in D, #14 (death and the maiden) cello quintet (great quintet in C) bach: unaccompanied cello suites (I like 2-6) bwv (I like Casals or Fournier) beethoven: cello sonata #3 piano sonatas Op. 109 and 111 (I like Stephen Bishop) (are piano sonatas considered chamber music? mozart: clarinet quintet bartok: string quartet #4 franck: violin sonata in A (also performed on cello, viola, and clarinet) Prokofiev: piano sonata #7 played by Pollini
rchrd@well.UUCP (Richard Friedman) (10/15/85)
In article <168@tolerant.UUCP>, maddog@tolerant.UUCP (Bill Arnett) writes: > Though I am a long-time classical music lover, I have had relatively > little exposure to chamber music. How 'bout some recommendations? Start with the quartets of Mozart, esp. those 6 dedicated to Haydn. Also listen to the last quartets of Haydn. Then start the Beethoven quartets (this may take a few decades to fully appreciate) Dont forget the Shubert quartets and quintets. Then, if there's time, the quartets of Debussy, Ravel, Berg, Brahms, etc. The literature is enormous. Quartets, quintets, sextets, sonatas, duos, trios, etc etc. HOWEVER, I believe chamber music is best listened to LIVE. -- [rchrd] = Richard Friedman Pacific-Sierra Research, 2855 Telegraph #415 Berkeley, CA 94705 (415) 540 5216 UUCP: {hplabs,ptsfa,dual}!well!rchrd
abc@brl-sem.ARPA (Brint Cooper ) (10/15/85)
Some of my favorites are: Schubert - The Trout Quintet Haydn - The London Trios Telemann - Double and Triple Concertos All are available on CD Brint
jeffw@tekecs.UUCP (Jeff Winslow) (10/16/85)
> > Though I am a long-time classical music lover, I have had relatively > > little exposure to chamber music. How 'bout some recommendations? > > Start with the quartets of Mozart, esp. those 6 dedicated to Haydn. > Also listen to the last quartets of Haydn. > Then start the Beethoven quartets (this may take a few decades > to fully appreciate) > Dont forget the Shubert quartets and quintets. > Then, if there's time, the quartets of Debussy, Ravel, Berg, > Brahms, etc. I don't mean to pick on Richard, but I hear this kind of advice so often (start with something by Mozart) that it's become kind of a pet peeve of mine. I've listened to "classical" music all my life, but it wasn't until my college years that Mozart did anything for me but bore me. Now I appreciate a great deal of his music, but I have always preferred Beethoven, and in fact my favorite music is from 1860-1940. So if I had never listened to chamber music, "start with Mozart" would be terrible advice. If you have a favorite period of music, it would make sense to start with chamber music from that period. If that happens to be Mozart, fine. Some of my personal favorites are the Debussy quartet, the Brahms C major trio, and Beethoven op. 127. And, oh yes, the Brahms clarinet quintet. Yum! Jeff Winslow