25 May 2004

Classical music order

I'm such a sucker for inexpensive classical CDs. Just got the new Daedalus catalog:

46283 Haydn String Quartets Op. 20 & 76 $5.98 46288 Haydn String Quartets Op. 1 & 54 $5.98 46294 Haydn String Quartets Op. 64, 74 & 77 $5.98 47200 Bartók Piano Transcriptions—Italian Keyboard Music of the 17th & 18th Centuries $6.98 47252 Arthur Foote Piano Quintet Op. 38; String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 $6.98

Haydn quartets are models of classical chamber music and always worth picking up. The Bartok sounded interesting ... I'm completely unfamiliar with the works. They may be similar to Stravinsky's arrangement of Pergolesi's music for his ballet Pulcinella (the opening was our wedding party exit music).

I have only a violin sontata by Arthur Foote, so it will be interesting to hear more of his chamber works.

[ posted by sstrader on 25 May 2004 at 11:46:01 PM in Music ]