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Title: Just bland
Review: While I would not like to be as severe as J. F. Laurson before me, I do agree with all of the points of his review. I would not call the Haydn Project by the Emerson Group tedious, just bland, lukewarm and, well?, petty-minded? However, for those who do know the music well, listening to the CD is quite interesting.I do like the Quattuor Mosaiques, I also like the Lindsay's, I can forgive them their "imperfect ensemble" - as one can more technically call their playing - for their attitude to the music. I would like also to mention the Alban Berg Quartet, whose big and muscular Haydn (in op. 76) would not be to everybody's liking, but all the same the energy in the performance does appeal to me.
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