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) |
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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."
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