Budapest String. Qrt. Plays Mozart : 'haydn' Qrts.& Str. Quints. , "sony" 4cds (recd.1941-'56) from Sony New
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A lovely, quadruple-compact disc box-set from the Mid-Tennies here, as released on the "Masters" series of the ever-desirable "Sony Classical"-label. It features recordings, of the complete six "Haydn" Quartets and the complete six String Quintets, that were composed by the ultra-legend that is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91). And to whet the appetite further, the performers on these U.S.-based recordings made between 1941-'56, are no less than the celebrated Budapest String Quartet : Joseph Roisman - violin I ; Jac Gorodetzky - violin II (on the "Haydn" Quartets) ; Boris Kroyt - viola ; and, Mischa Schneider - cello Disc One : "Haydn" Quartets, by Mozart (pt.i) :- 1)-4) String Quartet No.14 in G major K.387. 5)-8) String Quartet No.15 in D minor K.421 (417b). 9)-12) String Quartet No.17 "Hunt" in B-flat major K.458. (CD in EX- condition. Card sleeve in EX condition) Disc Two : "Haydn" Quartets (pt.ii) :- 1)-4) String Quartet No.16 in E-flat major K.428 (421b). 5)-8) String Quartet No.18 in A major K.464. 9)-12) String Quartet No.19 "Dissonance" in C major K.465. (CD in VG+ condition. Card sleeve in EX+ condition) (Discs One & Two recorded at Washington D.C. - all during May 1953 ; except for Quartet No.16 - recd. May 1950) Disc Three : String Quintets, by Mozart (pt.i) :- 1)-4) String Quintet No.1 in B-flat major K.174 (recd. New York City, Nov'56). 5)-8) String Quintet No.2 in C minor K. 406 (516b) (recd. N.Y.C., Dec'46). 9)-12) String Quintet No.3 in C major K.515 (recd. N.Y.C., Feb & Apr 1945). (CD in EX- condition. Card sleeve in VG+ condition) Disc Four : Quintets (pt.ii) :- 1)-4) String Quintet No.4 in G minor K.516 (recd. N.Y.C., Dec'41). 5)-8) String Quintet No.5 in D major K.593 (recd. N.Y.C., Dec'46). 9)-12) String Quintet No.6 in E-flat major K.614 (recd. N.Y.C., Nov'49). (CD in EX+ condition. Card sleeve in EX+ condition) (as well as the varying dates of recording the Quintets, the line-up often varied considerably [although J. Roisman was always on violin I, B. Kroyt was always on viola I, and M. Schneider was always on cello] :- Quintet No.1 feat. A. Schneider - violin II ; and, W. Trampler - viola II. Quintet No.s 2, 3 & 5 all feat. E. Ortenberg - violin II ; and, M. Katims - viola II. Quintet No.4 feat. A Schneider - violin II ; and, M. Katims - viola II. Quintet No.6 feat. J. Gorodetzky - violin II ; and, M. Katims - viola II) (Photo Two shows the four card-covers, all containing their respective compact discs) The box-set outer is in VG+ condition, but extremely sturdy and intact.
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