"Never have I heard better balance in a quartet on the gramophone, and the 'cello - that bête noir of the experts - has been recorded almost to perfection. The music, modern but free from eccentricity, is too simple to need explanation; musicianly and sincere throughout, it makes a deep impression."
- The Gramophone, Feb 1926, on the LSQ's Frank Bridge Idylls
This week we bring you one of the great "lost" ensembles, the London String Quartet, in a first volume of early electrical recordings made by Columbia. Hailed frequently in their time as the equals or betters of illustrious rivals such as the Budapest Quartet, here they can be heard in beautifully-rendered transfers of music by Schubert and Bridge.
We also celebrate the birthday of Stokowski with a 10% reduction on all his many recordings at Pristine.
