Ron S

Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 1, Nos. 1-6 Auryn Quartet (Tacet)

Nielsen, String Quartets Nos. 1-4 / Andante Lamentoso for string quintet ("At the Bier of a Young Artist") / String Quintet Kontra Quartet, Jan Johansson (double bass, Andante), Philipp Naegele (viola, Quintet) (BIS)

Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 64, Nos. 1-6 Auryn Quartet (Tacet)

If you watch it on Netflix, you might want to turn on the closed captioning. It identifies every piece of music used in the score, including the composer--more often than not, Bernstein himself.

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Mozart, Serenades Nos. 10 (Gran Partita), 11, and 12 Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble (Supraphon Japan)

Beethoven, String Trios, Op. 9, Nos. 1-3 Trio Zimmermann (BIS)

Beethoven, String Trio Op. 3 / Serenade Op. 8 Trio Zimmermann (BIS)

^ Now THAT'S a coincidence--now playing: Brahms, String Sextets Nos. 1 and 2 Talich Quartet, Michal Kanka (cello), Josef Kluson (viola) (La Dolce Volta/Calliope)

Debussy, Sting Quartet Ravel, String Quartet Stravinsky, 3 Pieces for String Quartet / Concertino / Double Canon Alban Berg Quartett (Warner/EMI)

Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4-6 Prazak Quartet (Praga Digitals)

Haydn, String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 1-3 Prazak Quartet (Praga Digitals)

Currently making my way through this box: Mozart, String Quartets Nos. 14-19 / String Quintets Nos. 1-6 / Clarinet Quintet Haydn, String Quartet op. 103 Juilliard String Quartet (plus others) (Sony)

Dvorak, Slavonic Dances Charles Mackerras, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon)

We could start a whole new thread devoted to examples of bizarre DG covers. 😃 Or not. 😛

Also, in case it wasn't clear, I was being facetious about that weird Karajan cover. 😜

Wait, WHAT??? How can you possibly say that with stunners like this:

Haydn, Symphonies Nos. 93-95, 98, Sinfonia Concertante / Mozart, Symphony No. 25 Eugen Jochum, Staatskapelle Dresden (Haydn Symphonies) / Vaclav Neumann, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Sinfonia Concertante) / Otmar Suitner, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Mozart Symphony) (Tower Japan/Berlin Classics)

Honegger, Symphonies Nos. 1-5 / Pacific 231 / Pastorale d'ete / Chant de joie Serge Baudo, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Supraphon Japan)

Brahms, String Sextets Nos. 1 and 2 Mandelring Quartet, Roland Glassl (viola II), Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt (cello II) (Audite)

Ravel, Bolero / Alborada del gracioso / La Valse / Daphnis and Chloe (Suite No. 2) / Rapsodie Espagnole Leonard Bernstein, Orchestre National de France (Bolero, Alborada, Valse), New York Philharmonic (Daphnis, Rapsodie) (Sony)

Debussy, String Quartet Ravel, String Quartet Galimir Quartet (Vanguard)

The last time we discussed this was over a decade ago, so I'll expect your offer sometime in the late 2030s.

I think I still have that CD stashed away somewhere, if you'd like to make me an offer. Brand-new, and still factory-sealed. 😃

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 / The Nutcracker--Suite (arranged for two pianos by Nicolas Economou) Martha Argerich (piano), Claudio Abbado/Berlin Philharmonic, Nicolas Economou (piano, Nutcracker Suite) (Deutsche Grammophon)