- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Audio CD (7 Oct 2002)
- Please Note: Requires SACD-compatible hardware
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 3
- Format: SACD, Box set
- Label: Lyrinx
- ASIN: B000066R8M
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 276,187 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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This product is a hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) and has been encoded with two layers: one is a normal CD program and the other is an SACD of the same repertoire. The product is playable on both SACD-compatible machines as well as standard CD players.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
The Grumiaux's performances of these six masterpieces (well, two lovely works and four masterpieces) have deservedly held Rosette status for many years now in the Penguin Guide.
Now here comes a set from French audiophile house Lyrinx which has been given no pubicity or press at all but whch, to my ears and mind, challenges the Grumiaux's dominance and challeneges them for a share in that Rosette.
The Fine Arts quartet have been around in various lineups for many years. I have very fond memories of my first set of Beethoven quartets (on Everest LPs) from their 50's lineup. This new lineup comprises four very talented young musicians plus, for this set, violist Yuri Gandelsman (who has also made a very fine record for Lyrinx of the Brahms viola sonatas with the equally young and talented Marie Jude).
The Fine Arts/Gandelsman approach to these wonderful pieces is slightly more romantic, warm and genial than the intense but spare Grumiaux set. To my ears it has more of a traditional "middle-european" style than other, more french, analytical or period performances.
Some critics may find finely detailed musical/musicological "errors" in such performances. Fortunately, I'm only an amateur music lover and can only report that I loved them for their warmth and humanity, - but a warmth which is not without darkness and drama where appropriate (the minor key quintets being given performances as suited to their key as the major key quintets are).
And the sound? Well, its absolutely splendid and a clear winner over the now-ageing sound of the Grumiaux. If the Grumiaux's could be given a Pentatone RQR treatment then I'm sure they'd come up smiling but in their current redbook cd incarnation there's certainly no contest re. sound quality. The Fine Arts (pure DSD) sound on Lyrinx matches the performances, - intimate but open, detailed but warm. The multi-channel mix is particularly successful in placing the performers in a living, breathing, natural space (in the Abbey Fontevraud in France).
All in all, this is a splendidly performed and recorded set of great music which is by turns eminently civilised and intensely dramatic. Easily 5/5 and the first real challengers to that Grumiaux Rosette.
Having recently purchased an SACD player, I set about searching for "essential" recordings. This collection of 6 quintets on three SACDs is indeed such a one. The sound and playing are superb. The copyright dates on the back of the jacket are 2001 and 2002, so get this now while get is still available.
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