Budapest String Quartet • The historic early EMI recordings (1932-36) • Mozart • Beethoven • Brahms • CBS Y4 34643 • Special version

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Wolfgang Amdeus Mozart
Quartet No. 20 In D Major, K. 499
I – Allegretto
II – Menuetta (Allegretto); Trio
III – Adagio
IV – Allegro

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Quartet No. 8 In E Minor, Op.59 No. 2
I – Allegro
II – Molto Adagio
III – Allegretto
IV – Finale: Presto

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Quartet No. 13 In B Flat Major, Op. 130 (Beginning)
I – Adagio ma non troppo; Allegro
II – Presto
III – Andante con moto ma non troppo
IV – Alla danza tedesca (Allegro assai)

Ludwig Van Beethoven
Quartet No. 13 In B-Flat Major, Op 130 (Conclusion)
V – Cavatina (Adagio molto espressivo)
VI – Finale (Allegro)
Schubert: Quartet In C Minor

Felix Mendelssohn
Quartet In E-Flat Major, Op. 12
I – Adagio non troppo; Allegro non tardante
II – Canzonetta (Allegro piu mosso)
III – Andante espressivo
IV – Molto allegro e vivace

Johannes Brahms
Quartet No. 3 In B-Flat Major, Op 67
I – Vivace
II – Andante
III – Agitato (Allegretto non troppo)
IV – Allegretto con variazoni

Hugo Wolf
Italian Serenade In G Major

Béla Bartók
Quartet No. 2 In A Minor, Op. 17 (Beginning)
I – Moderato

Béla Bartók
Quartet No. 2 In A Minor, Op. 17 (Conclusion)
II – Allegro molto capriccioso
III – Lento

Ensemble – Budapest String Quartet
Josef Roisman, premier violon – from 1932 to 1967
Alexander Schneider, deuxième violon – from 1932 to 1944 & from 1955 to 1967
István Ipolyi, alto   – from 1917 to 1936
Mischa Schneider, violoncelle – from 1930 to 1967

Special version with Columbia Odyssey masked by a red adhesive label CBS