Haydn string quartets by Aeolian Quartet?

Philip Peters

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Sep 1, 2000, 10:58:21 AM9/1/00

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Robert Cameron wrote:

> I saw a box with all Haydn quartets performed by the Aeolian Quartet
> at a very reasonable price. Can these recordings be recommended? And
> what about Peter Pears reading (English) poems between the movements
> of The last words....I mean, why do that?

Why indeed.....
I find the Aeolian set very dull and uninspired.

Philip

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> Robert Cameron
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Simon Roberts

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Sep 1, 2000, 6:46:01 PM9/1/00

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Robert Cameron (b-came...@mailandnews.net) wrote:

: Just to establish a frame of reference: how do you rate the Kodaly Q.
: on Naxos?

I'm not Philip, but I find their series (what I've heard of it; I gave up
after a while) dull, cautiously (and not sufficiently accurately) played
and undercharacterized.

Simon

Philip Peters

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Sep 2, 2000, 9:22:34 AM9/2/00

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Robert Cameron wrote:

> Philip Peters <phi...@p-peters.demon.nl> wrote
> on Fri, 01 Sep 2000 16:58:21 +0200:

>
> >> I saw a box with all Haydn quartets performed by the Aeolian Quartet
> >> at a very reasonable price. Can these recordings be recommended? And
> >> what about Peter Pears reading (English) poems between the movements
> >> of The last words....I mean, why do that?
> >
> >Why indeed.....
> >I find the Aeolian set very dull and uninspired.
> >
>

> The Penguin Guide and Gramophone love the set, but then the Aeolian
> String Quartet is British, I guess, and so is the label, and Haydn
> spent some time in London and....

>
> Just to establish a frame of reference: how do you rate the Kodaly Q.
> on Naxos?
>

> Robert Cameron
> (No mail please)

Not my favourites either but a lot better than the Aeolians IMO.

Philip

Raymond Hall

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Sep 3, 2000, 4:23:49 AM9/3/00

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I have the Op.76 set by Kodaly, bought mainly on reading Penguin, and must
say that I also find them very prosaic. These works need a lot more
imagination, and zest, and is one of the reasons I haven't bought any
further Kodaly Haydn quartets.
Who is more likely to fill my requirements for these works? Maybe mix and
match I assume.

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Jan 25, 2018, 4:09:13 AM1/25/18

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According to this recent book:

- Haydn's string quartets were not released as a cycle until 1976, when the Aeolian Quartet completed their collection.

https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&hl=en&q=%22Haydn%27s+string+quartets+were+not+released+as+a+cycle+until+1976%2C+when+the+Aeolian+Quartet%22

Herman

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Jan 25, 2018, 5:20:49 AM1/25/18

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On Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 10:09:13 AM UTC+1, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:

That's one amazing contribution. A real eye-opener.

drh8h

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Jan 25, 2018, 8:37:17 AM1/25/18

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On Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 5:20:49 AM UTC-5, Herman wrote:
> On Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 10:09:13 AM UTC+1, gggg...@gmail.com wrote:
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> That's one amazing contribution. A real eye-opener.

The really sad thing is that the Schneider cycle was never completed. It set a standard, at least of musical understanding and sympathy with the composer, that stands the test of time. Even more, I think, than the aborted Pro Arte Quartet 78s, now available cheap and in first-rate transfers on Warner.

Dennis

Andrew Clarke

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Jan 25, 2018, 9:08:38 AM1/25/18

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Interesting to read all the pontificating stuff from yesteryear. Even more interesting to read that one of their first violinists, Sydney Humphreys, was a Canadian, another was Emmanuel Hurwitz (any relation to Our Dave?) and that the cellist was Derek Simpson.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolian_Quartet

Andrew Clarke
Canberra

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May 31, 2019, 3:24:05 AM5/31/19

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On Friday, September 1, 2000 at 4:58:21 AM UTC-10, Philip Peters wrote:

According to this:

- Haydn's Op 20 is a landmark in string quartet writing – its emergence as a musical form of seriousness and profundity. The veteran recording from the Aeolians remains pre-eminent among complete sets; its sense of pace, poise and cadence still unsurpassed...

http://www.musicalpointers.co.uk/articles/generaltopics/Do%20we%20really%20need%20ANOTHER.htm

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Jul 14, 2022, 4:52:19 PM7/14/22

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(2022 Y. upload):

Haydn, String Quartet Op 20, no 1 - Score - Aeolian String Quartet

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Jul 14, 2022, 4:57:17 PM7/14/22

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The cd box set did not include op.3 probably because of the controversy concerning it's authorship:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_Quartets,_Op._3_(attributed_to_Haydn)