Great Performances from the Library of Congress, Vol. 10
The Budapest String Quartet
The Library of Congress Mozart Recordings (1940-1945)

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The Budapest String Quartet's
Library of Congress
Mozart Recordings (1940-1945)

Clarinet Quintet, K. 581
String Quartet in D minor, K. 421
Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493

Divertimento in E-flat major, K. 563
String Quartet in A major, K. 464


Gustave Langenus, clarinet
George Szell, piano

BRIDGE 9085A/B (2 CDs)

The annotator of this release, Harris Goldsmith, writes: "What a stimulating and thought-provoking diversity for Mozarteans! With this release, listeners can welcome a brilliant addition to the legacy of recorded music." On this two-disc set Bridge Records issues five Budapest String Quartet Mozart performances- recordings never before released to the public in any format.

Mr. Goldsmith opines that "at long last, we have the first truly satisfactory and inspired version the celebrated foursome made of the Clarinet Quintet, K. 581, and, to add to the bounty, it gives us a revelatory reading of the Quartet for Piano and Strings, K. 493, as well as characteristically vigorous accounts of two of the Haydn Quartets, K. 421 and K. 464. As a final treat we hear a magnificent Roisman-Kroyt-Schneider interpretation of the sublime Divertimento, K. 563."