There was a time when the Vermeer Quartet recorded the complete Beethoven String Quartets for Teldec and a time when Boris Berman recorded the complete Prokofiev piano works for Chandos. But with the collapse of the classical recording industry, those times are long gone and the Vermeer Quartet and Berman have had to leave the major labels in search of recording contracts. In 2000, the Vermeer Quartet and Berman recorded the piano quintets of Shostakovich and Schnittke for Naxos, a brilliant coupling of two great works by ...
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There was a time when the Vermeer Quartet recorded the complete Beethoven String Quartets for Teldec and a time when Boris Berman recorded the complete Prokofiev piano works for Chandos. But with the collapse of the classical recording industry, those times are long gone and the Vermeer Quartet and Berman have had to leave the major labels in search of recording contracts. In 2000, the Vermeer Quartet and Berman recorded the piano quintets of Shostakovich and Schnittke for Naxos, a brilliant coupling of two great works by the two foremost Soviet composers. It was just the sort of disc the major labels used to issue in bulk lots before they came to the realization that there just wasn't a big enough market to support releasing them at full price. Hopefully, there is a big enough market to support this disc at Naxos' budget price, but whether there is or there isn't, this is a disc that still deserves to be heard. Both works are amply represented in the catalog, but while there are other, greater...
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Acceptable. AudioCD 100% of proceeds go to charity! The item plays perfectly, but is otherwise the worse for wear. May have cosmetic damage to case and/or item. This is a well loved item that has obvious condition issues.
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