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.
HAYDN Quartet No. 43
SCHUBERT Quartets Nos. 12 & 13
MENDELSSOHN Quartet No. 1
BARTÓK Quartet No. 2
DVOŘÁK Sextet
music by TCHAIKOVSKY & WOLF
Studio recording, 1932-1938
Total duration: 2hr 33:12
Budapest Quartet:
Joseph Roisman (violin I)
Alexander Schneider (violin II)
István Ipólyi or Boris Kroyt (viola)
Mischa Schneider (cello)
GRIEG String Quartet in G minor
SIBELIUS String Quartet in D minor, 'Voces Intimae'
Studio recordings, 1933 & 1937
Total duration: 61:15
Budapest String Quartet
Joseph Roisman (violin I)
Alexander Schneider (violin II)
Boris Kroyt or István Ipólyi (viola)
Mischa Schneider (cello)
RAVEL String Quintet in F major (1902)
DEBUSSY String Quintet in G minor (1893)
Recorded 1940, Liederkranz Hall, New York
Total duration: 54:11
The Budapest Quartet
