BaL 16.09.17 - Mozart: Horn Quintet in E flat

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

As always, sterling work Sir.

(Nearly forgot my manners, there - thanks pasto!)

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

... not forgetting this morning's programme.

[jonfan]

Me too maestro! But then I hardly ever listen to R3 these days.

It must be quite hard for you, then, being a member of a forum for Radio 3 listeners.

[jonfan]

A life-enhancing and enthusiastic BAL from SW to get the new season underway. I'll investigate both recommendations from a very varied and fascinating choice of performances.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Having recommended versions in both HIPP and non-HIPP seems to be the ideal. I hope other reviewers do likewise.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

- together with the three versions in "the Big Box", I don't think I'll be spending any more money as a result of this BaL. I look forward to being proved wrong,

I wasn't. The Baboráks sounded fine, but not so that I'd want to part with money for it, and I'm not particularly interested in the Concertos arranged for quintet.

No - HIPP Pip, hooray (and the other three) quite satisfactory for me.

[Nick Armstrong]

A life-enhancing and enthusiastic BAL from SW to get the new season underway.

Agreed, I got a lot out of this review. Also tended to agree with SW's selections and comments, Pip Eastop's being the only version I own at present. David Pyatt sounded great, but let down by murky recording. The recording that caught my ear which didn't make it to the final shortlist was by Stephen Stirling and The Fibonacci Sequence - going to listen to that in full. And also the 'winner'...

The Baboráks sounded fine, but not so that I'd want to part with money for it, and I'm not particularly interested in the Concertos arranged for quintet

Yes, sounded consistently excellent to me. I wondered what it was coupled with, as AMcG didn't mention (unless I missed it) - agreed, not interested in that. But of course the joys of downloading mean it doesn't matter, still got loads of Presto vouchers left from Christmas, and so I think I'll cherry-pick the Quintet in this version.

HIPP Pip, hooray

That's very good!