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Title: Hurray for Naxos! and Their Many Bargains ...
Review: ... which often present little-known ensembles performing very fine but unfamiliar music. This time, however, they went astray. The Goldner Quartet doesn't have the art to play Szymanowski convincingly. At least that's what I hear, a technical struggle with the notes and an unpleasant dependence on heavy vibrato rather than natural phrasing to lend 'drama' to the performance. In no way is this recording comparable to that of the Schoenberg Quartet, which also gives you excellent renditions of the two Janacek quartets with the two Szymanowskis.
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