Budapest Quartet
The Budapest Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1917 by players originally associated with the Budapest Opera.
The ensemble later became based in the United States and was one of the most celebrated chamber groups of the twentieth century.
It was particularly associated with Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Bartók and the central string-quartet repertory.
BARTÓK String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 17
Recorded on 25th April, 1936.
Duration 30:24
The Budapest Quartet:
Josef Roismann, violin
Alexander Schneider, violin
Istvàn Ipolyi, viola
Mischa Schneider, cello
BRAHMS String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3
BRAHMS String Quintets Nos. 1 & 2
BRAHMS String Sextet No. 2
Studio recordings, 1932-1937
Total duration: 2hr 26:04
Budapest String Quartet:
Joseph Roisman (violin I)
Alexander Schneider (violin II)
István Ipólyi or *Boris Kroyt (viola)
Mischa Schneider (cello)
with Alfred Hobday, Hans Mahlke (viola)
Anthony Pini (cello)
BRAHMS String Quintet No. 1 in F, Op. 88
Recorded on 8th February, 1937, Abbey Road, London
Total Duration: 24:59
The Budapest Quartet:
Josef Roismann, violin
Alexander Schneider, violin
Boris Kroyt, viola
Mischa Schneider, cello
with:
Alfred Hobday, viola
BRAHMS String Quintet No 2 in G, Op 111
Recorded on 15, 17 November 1932, Beethovensaal, Berlin
Total Duration: 22:57
The Budapest Quartet:
Josef Roismann, violin
Alexander Schneider, violin
Boris Kroyt, viola
Mischa Schneider, cello
with:
Hans Mahlke, viola
HAYDN Quartet in G, Op. 76, No. 1
MOZART “Hunt” Quartet
SCHUBERT “Death and the Maiden” Quartet
DVOŘÁK “American” Quartet
TCHAIKOVSKY Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22
Encores by DITTERSDORF, MENDELSSOHN and BORODIN
Studio recordings, 1926-29
Total duration: 2hr 35:50
The Budapest Quartet
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 7 'Rasumovsky'
BEETHOVEN Quartet No. 13
SCHUBERT Quartet No. 12 'Quartettsatz'
Quartet movements by BEETHOVEN, DITTERSDORF, SMETANA, TCHAIKOVSKY
Studio recordings, 1927-30
Total duration: 1hr 52:25
THE BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET
Emil Hauser (Violin I)
Imre Pogany or Joseph Roisman (Violin II)
Istvan Ipolyi (Viola)
Harry Son (Cello)