Recommended recordings
String Quartets Op. 33
Reviewer: Richard Wigmore
Broadcast: 7 January 2012
Top recommendation (officially only available as a download, but see below for details of a previous release on CD):
- HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 33
Lindsay String Quartet
ASV CDDCA937 and CDDCA938
CD recommendation:
- HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 33
Casals Quartet
HARMONIA MUNDI HMX2962022-23 (2CD)
String Quartet Op 77 No 2
Reviewer: Peter Quantrill
Broadcast: 19th June 2010
First Choice Recommendation:
- c/w HAYDN: String Quartet Op 77 No 1 in G major; String Quartet Op 33 No 3 in C major 'The Bird'; HOFFSTETTER: Serenade from String Quartet No 5 (attrib. Haydn)
- Alban Berg Quartett
- I 5575412 (CD, mid price)
Piano Trio in C major Hob XV:27
Reviewer: Misha Donat
Broadcast: 14th March 2009
First Choice Recommendation:
- The Complete Piano Trios
- Beaux Arts Trio
- PHILIPS 454 098-2 (9 CDs, budget price)
Symphony No. 94 in G Surprise
Reviewer: Jonathan Swain
Broadcast: 6th June 2009
First Choice Recommendation:
- Philharmonia Hungarica, Antal Dorati (conductor)
- Decca Eloquence 467 405-2 (CD, Budget)
Symphony No. 104 'London'
Reviewer: Richard Wigmore
Broadcast: 17th January 2009
First Choice Recommendation:
- (c/w Symphonies Nos. 94, 96, 100, 101 and 103)
- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Colin Davis (conductor)
- Philips 4647072 (2CD, Budget)
