Martinů: Piano Trio No. 2 In D Minor, H 327
Martinů: Piano Trio No. 3 In C Major, H 332
Martinů: Piano Trio No. 1, H 193, "5 Short Pieces"
Martinů: Duo No. 2 For Violin & Cello, H 371

First listen to this recently arrived disc - These works appear to be less turbulent than Martinu's Cello Sonatas which I had a first listen to yesterday and on first listen seemed quite Romantic. I think I will end up liking these works and keeping these Martinu Discs.

Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 3 In F Minor, Op. 65, B 130
Dvořák: Piano Trio No. 4 In E Minor, Op. 90, B 166, "Dumky"

I have listened to Dvorak's Piano Trios several times now and these 2 Trios seem to be the most interesting of the 4. The Dumky Trio is especially nice and is pretty much one long Adagio!.

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1 In D Minor, Op. 49
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 2 In C Minor, Op. 66

This is probably my 3rd or 4th listen to these pieces now so they are beginning to become embedded in my memory - they are pleasant well composed pieces with tranquil Adagios.
The performance is good and the sound generally fine if not slightly boxy. These are becoming amongst my favourite Piano Trios.

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 16 In D Major, K 451
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 In Bb Major, K 456
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 In F Major, K 459

This was my first pass through these fine Piano Concertos and I am now on Disc 4/8 from this set. I have been slow progressing through these recordings and am still at the cursory listening stage due to my recent interest in chamber music. First impressions are good although I am still at the stage where i cant really tell the Concertos apart yet! - These still appear to be very fine works. Listened twice to this selection due to lack of concentation on the first pass through!.

Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 In A Major, Op. 13
Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 108

This Box-set is lovely!

Haydn: String Quartet No. 42 In C Major, Op. 54/2, H 3/57
Haydn: String Quartet No. 44 In E Major, Op. 54/3, H 3/59
Haydn: String Quartet No. 45 In A Major, Op. 55/1, H 3/60
Haydn: String Quartet No. 46 In F Minor, Op. 55/2, H 3/61, "Razor"
Haydn: String Quartet No. 47 In Bb Major, Op. 55/3, H 3/62
Haydn: String Quartet No. 48 In Bb Major, Op. 64/1, H 3/65


One of my latest listening projects is getting to know the Haydn SQ's - I think this one will take me a while as there are 22 Discs in this complete set!.