Debussy / Ravel: String Quartets (Essential Classics)

The Tokyo String Quartet took the chamber music world by storm a couple of decades ago, offering performances of superb discipline allied to real urgency of communication. Their Debussy and Ravel interpretations were part of that initial series of fine recordings which helped to establish their reputation, and having them back at budget price makes them one of the chamber music bargains of the century. It's all part of the strange economics of the classical music business. Now recording for RCA, there's no reason for Sony to keep their Tokyo Quartet discs in the catalogue at full price, particularly if they record the same music again, as often happens. It's a buyer's market out there, so what are you waiting for? --David Hurwitz