Among the key pieces of the classical-music repertoire Beethoven's string quartets. Recordings by the Budapest Quartet are essential to critic... Budapest Quartet Gets To The Heart Of Beethoven The ...

If Haydn is today called the ‘father’ of the String Quartet, and Mozart took the form to new heights, then Beethoven – characteristically – took hold of it and completely transformed it. The five Late ...

Ludwig van Beethoven, String Quartet No. 6 in B-flat major Op. 18 No. 6. Budapest String Quartet (Mono, 1952) Sony Dmitri Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 8 in C minor Op. 110. Borodin String Quartet ...

The Végh Quartet disbanded in 1980, 40 years after violinist Sándor Végh founded the group in Budapest. Based in France after 1945, their reputation grew steadily through the 1950s and 60s, founded ...

The Budapest String Quartet has always been my standard-bearer for chamber music. I grew up listening to their recordings, and especially admired not only their gorgeous sound, but also the uncanny ...

Among the most central pieces of the classical-music repertoire are the 16 string quartets Beethoven composed over the course of his career. For critic Lloyd Schwartz, these quartets, especially as ...