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It’s odd how the Lindsays can shine in 20th century music (their excellent Tippett recordings, for instance) yet frequently fail to match the high standards
The Lindsay’s vulgar, abusive, seedy-toned, badly tuned, harshly recorded, bull-in-a-china-shop approach to the first three of Haydn’s Op. 76 quartets turns up again in this
The Lindsays muster sufficient drive to launch Op. 95’s dramatic opening and maintain its momentum. Of course, Beethoven’s arresting first movement cannot fail to stimulate
This ASV Platinum Ravel disc presents an unusual assortment of the composer’s works, sampling a bit of his orchestral, chamber, and solo piano output. We
ASV’s boxy and claustrophobic recording presents the Lindsays at an unflatteringly close perspective, revealing all too well their occasionally imprecise intonation and crude instrumental tone.
While I have not heard the Lindsays’ earlier ASV recording of Beethoven’s Op. 130 string quartet, at the very least I would hope that it’s
In the late 1970s the artists-formerly-known-as the Lindsay Quartet recorded their first Beethoven cycle for ASV. Two decades later The Lindsays (same lineup but with
Well, you can’t say The Lindsays, as they like to be called these days, don’t have a distinctive sound. Whether it’s right for Haydn is
