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Label:
   Avex-classics - http://www.avexnet.or.jp/classics/
Serial:
   AVCL-25021 (3 discs)
Title:
   Mozart: The "Haydn" String Quartets - Quartetto Classico
Description:
   Mozart: String Quartets KV387, KV421, KV428, KV458 "Hunt", KV464 "Drum", KV465 "Dissonance"

Quartetto Classico
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Genre:
   Classical - Chamber
Content:
   Stereo
Media:
   Hybrid
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Review by stvnharr February 1, 2005 (4 of 4 found this review helpful)
Performance:  Sonics:
I purchased this set of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn thinking that this was another one of the East German reissues by Avex Classics. The Avex reissue of early Mozart Quartets I found to be quite good, and I expected much the same here. However much to my surprise when I received the set I learned that this was a brand new recording by a Japanese Quartet, Quartetto Classico. The playing is quite good on all 6 quartets. The recording is somewhat closely miked, giving a fairly close and up front sound, but not too close. However the overall recorded sound is still a notch below the fine Lyrinx recording of the Quintets. And the price for this set makes the Lyrinx set seem like a bargain. However, this is the only set of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn on sacd at the moment. Overall this is a fine set of recordings, and worthy of a listen.

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