Volume 1 is a complete cycle of the Beethoven sonatas, which do not traverse the same range of styles or psychological landscapes as the piano sonatas, string quartets, or symphonies.
A superb CD of delightful music that is refreshing to the ear.
Music of this heft really needs majestic phrasing and it certainly receives it here.
Handel’s Opus 6 set of concerti grossi is a textbook of string writing, which students have been studying for centuries.
Any recording that fails to stress the contrasts between these pieces is missing something.
If ever you needed a musical snapshot of Vienna between the wars, this is it.
A sweeping portrayal of the depths Mozart was able to find within this most honed-back of all chamber ensembles.
