B. H. Haggin recently quoted Carl Van VecKten as saying that precision is a quality so rare as to be easily mistaken for genius. It is an essential element in any projection of music, whether vocal or instrumental. It is most important of all in any sort of ensemble work. It is, if taken in its true and broadest sense, the one essential ingredient of good chamber-music performance. And it is the quality that singles out the Budapest String Quartet as unique among the many good string ensembles of the day. These four men coalesce into a unit marvelous in accuracy‚ accuracy of attack, pitch, volume, and tempo. It would be difficult to name one single record more admirable in performance than the Budapest String Quartet’s old Victor record of Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade (V-4271). This is not merely a question of individual excellence on the part of one performer or another‚ nothing makes a poorer quartet than one or two star players and the balance mediocre. It is a matter of unity of purpose, coincidence of understanding, and matched ability to carry intention into action.
Unfortunately, Victor has seen fit to cut out a number of superb recordings by the Budapest String Quartet, recordings that already are sorely missed. Columbia, however, adding this ensemble to its list, has assured all who appreciate high excellence in quartet playing that they will continue to have Budapest records made by the most advanced modern methods. No chamber-music enthusiast need be told about this astonishing quartet. Those honest music-lovers who continue to regard quartet-playing as an odd, dull, or even objectionable mewing and scraping of strings could hardly fend a better way of enlarging the field of their own musical enjoyment than by listening with open ears and an open mind to, say, the Budapest String Quartet’s shimmering and exquisite projection of Mozart’s Quartet No 15, D minor, K.421, or Ravel’s Quartet, F major. Here are recordings that may honestly and unsentimentally be called treasures. Music-lovers in general, and record-buyers in particular, have every reason to be grateful to Messrs. Josef Roismann, Alexander Schneider, Boris Kroyt, and Mischa Schneider for continuing to prove, by imagination and precision of the brightest sort, that our own era can produce‚and enjoy‚ quartet-playing of unshakable excellence.

Information from Gramophone Supplement; 1944

BARTOK

Quartet No. 2, A minor, Opus 17. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VM-320; price complete with album $4.72.

BEETHOVEN

• Quartet No. 1, F major, Opus 18. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set CM-444; price complete with album $4.72.
• Quartet No. 9, C major (“Rasoumovsky No. 3″), Opus 59, No. 3. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set CM-510; price complete with album $4.72.
• Quartet No. 10, E flat major (“Harp”), Opus 74. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VM-467; price complete with album $4.72.
• Quartet No 11, F minor, Opus 95. Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set CM-51; price complete with album $3.67.
• Quartet No. 13, B flat major, Opus 130. Fipe 12″ records (10 sides) in Set VM-157; price complete with album $5.77.
• Quartet No. 14, C sharp minor, Opus 131. Five 12″ records (10 sides) in Set CM-429; price complete with album $5.77.
• Quartet No. 16, F major, Opus 135 Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set CM-489; price complete with album $3.67.

BRAHMS

• Quintet (with Alfred Hohday, 2nd viola) No. 1. F major, Opus 88. Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set VM-466; price complete with album $3.67.
• Quintet (with Hans Mahlke, 2nd viola) No. 2, G major, Opus 111. Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set VM-184; price complete with album $3.67.
• Sextet (with Alfred Hohday, 2nd viola, and Anthony Pini, 2nd cello) No. 2, G major, Opus 36. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VM-371; price complete with album $4.72.

DEBUSSY

Quartet, G minor. Opus 10. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set CM-467; price complete with album $4.72.

DVORAK

• Quartet No. 6, F major (“American”), Opus 96. Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set VM-681; price complete with album $3.67.
• Sextet (with Watson Forbes, 2nd viola, and John Moore, 2nd cello) No. 1, A major. Opus 48. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VM-66111; price complete with album $4.72.

MOZART

• Quartet No. 15. D minor, K.421. Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set CM-462; price complete with album $3.67.
• Quintet (with Milton Kafims, 2nd viola), G minor, K.516. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set CM-526; price complete with album $4.72.
• Quintet (with Benny Goodman, clarinet), K.581. Three 10″ records and one 12″ record (8 sides) in Set VM-452; price complete with album $3.93.

RAVEL

• Quartet, F major. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set CM-425; price complete with album $4.72.
• SCHUBERT
• Quintet (with B. Heifetz, 2nd cello) C major. Opus 163. Six 12″ records (12 sides) in Set CM-497; price complete with album $6.82.

WOLF

Italian Serenade, G major. 10″ record No. V-4271; price 79c.

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Continuing his studies with Auer, he toured Europe with ever increasing popularity. His family moved to New York during the Russian Revolution and on Oct. 28, 1917, be made his debut in New York at the Metropolitan Opera House. This concert was followed by an American tour, and it was about this time that his first Victor records appeared. When electrical recording made its appearance, many of the older discs were re-recorded.

During the early 1940’s Victor arranged for a group of recordings to be made by a group of the outstanding musicians in USA. This group included Artur Rubinstein, William Primrose, Emanuel Feuermann, and Mr. Heifetz.

THE HEIFETZ RECORDINGS

ACHRON

Hebrew Melody and SARASATE: ZapateaJo, Op. 23, No. 6. With Isidor Action (piano). 12″ record, V-6695; price $1.05.

BAZZINI

La Ronde des Latins, Op. 25. and WIENIAWSKI: Polonaise Brilliante in D major. Op. 4. With Emanuel Bay (piano). 12″ record. V-15813; price $1.05.

BEETHOVEN

• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 61. With the N.B.C. Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. Five 12″ records (9 sides -last side blank) in Set VM-705; price complete with album $5.25.
• Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3, in E flat major, Op. 12, No. 3. With Emanuel Bay (piano). Three 12″ records (5 sides -last side Hank) in Set VDM-852; price complete with album $3.15.
• Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, No. 7, in B flat major, Op. 97. (Archduke). With Emanuel Feuermann (cello) and Artur Rubinstein (piano). Five 12″ records (10 sides) in Set VM-949; price complete with album $5.77.

BRAHMS

• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 77. With the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitsky. Five 12″ records (9 sides -last side blank) in Set VDM-581; price complete with album $5.25.
• Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 102. With Emanuel Feuermann (cello) and the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy. Four 12 records (8 sides) in Set VDM-815; price complete with album $4.72.
• Sonata for violin and Piano No. 2, in A major, Op. 100. With Emanuel Bay (piano). Three 12″ records (5 sides -last side blank) in Set VDM-856; price complete with album $3.15.
• Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano No. 1, in B major, Op. 8. With Emanuel Feuermann (cello) and Artur Rubinstein (piano). Four 12″ records in Set VDM-883; price complete with album $4.72.

CASTEIJSTUOVO-TEDESCO

Sea Murmurs (arr. Heifers) and RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumble Bee, and GODOWSKY: Alt Wein. With Arpad Sandor. 10″ record. V-1645; price $.79.

CHAUSSON

Concerto for Violin, Piano, and String Quartet in D major. Op. 21. With Jesus Maria Sanroma (piano) and the Musical Art Quartet. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VM-877; price complete with album $4.72.

DEBUSSY

La Fille aux Cheveux de Lin (arr. Hartmann) and La Plus Que Lent-Waltz, and GRIEG: Impromptu (Sherzo) (arr. Actron). With Isidor Actron (piano). 12″ record, V-6622; price $1.05.

DINICU

Hora Staccato (arr. Heifetz) and KORNGOLD: Holzapfel und Schlehwein. With Emannel Bay (piano) and Arpad Sandor (piano). 10″ record, V-1864; price $.79.

DOHNANYI

Serenade for Violin, Viola, and Cello in C major. Op. 10. With William Primrose (viola) and Emanuel Feuermann (cello). Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set VDM-903; price complete with, album S3.67.

DRIGO

Valse Bluette (arr. Auer) and PONCE: Estrel-Iita (arr. Heifetz). With Isidor Acliron (piano). 10″ record, Y-1332; price $.79.

DE FALLA

Jota, and GREIG: Puck (arr. Actron) and MENDELSSOHN: On Wings of Song (arr. Actron). With Isidor Actron (piano). 12″ record. V-6848; price $1.05.

FRANCK

Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, With Artur Rubinstein (piano). Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set VDM-449; price complete with album $3.67.

GLAZUNOV

• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 82. With the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted By John Barbirolli. (5 sides) and Meditation, Op. 32. With Arpad Sandor (piano) (1 side). Three 12″ records in Set VDM-218: price complete with album $3.67.
• Meditation, Op. 82. and WIENIAWSKI: Scherzo Tarantella, Op. 16. With Arpad Sandor (piano). 12″ record V-14323; price $1.05. (Also see Concerto above).

GODOWSKY

Alt Wein. See CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Sea Murmurs.

GRIEG

• Impromptu (Scherzo). See DEBUSSY: La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin. Puck. See DE FALLA: Jota.
• Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2, in G major, Op. 13. With Emanuel Bay (piano). Three 12″ records (5 sides -last side blank) in Set VM-735; price complete with album $3.15.

HANDEL

Passacaglia (from Harpsichord Suite No. 7, in G minor) (arr. Halvorsen). With William Primrose (viola). 12″ record (2 sides), V-ll-8151: price $1.05.

KORNGOLD

Holzapfel und Schlehwein. See DINICU: Hora Staccato.

MENDELSSOHN

On Wings of Song. See DE FALLA: Jota.

MOZART

• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 5 in A major, K. 219 (Turkish). With the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VDM-254; price complete with album $4.72.
• Divertimento for Violin, and Cello in E flat major, K. 563. With William Primrose (viola) and Emanuel Feuermann (cello). Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VDM-959; price complete with album $4.72.
• Duo for Violin and Viola No. 2 in B flat major, K. 424. With William Primrose (viola). Three 12″ records (5 sides -last side blank) in Set VM-831; price complete with album $3.15.

PONCE (MANUEL)

Estrellita. See DRIGO: Valse Bluette.

PROKOFIEFF

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, in G minor, Op. 63. With the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Serge Koussevitzty. Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set VDM-450; price complete with album $3.67.

RAVEL

Tzigane. With Arpad Sandor (piano). 12″ record (2 sides). V-8411; price $1.05.

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Flight of the Bumble Bee. See CASTEL-NUOVO-TEDESCO: Sea Murmurs.

SAINT-SAENS

• Havanaise, Op. 83. With the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli. 12″ record (2 sides), V-15347; price $1.05.
• Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28. With the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli. 12″ record (2 sides), V-14115; price $1.05.

SARASATE

Zapateajo. See ACHRON: Hebrew Melody.

Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20. No. 1. With the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli. 12″ record (2 sides), V-15246; price $1.05.

SCHUBERT

Ave Maria (arr. Wilhelm) and Rondo (arr. Friedberg). With Isidor Achron (piano). 12″ record. V-6691; price $1.05.

Trio for Violin. Cello, and Piano No. 1, in B flat major, Op. 99. With Emanuel Feuermann (cello) and Artur Rubinstein (piano). Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VDM-923: price complete with album $4.72.

SIBELIUS

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor. Op. 47. With the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VDM-309; price complete with album $4.72.

TCHAIKOWSKY

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 35. With the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli. Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set VDM-356; price complete with album $4.72.

VIEUXTEMPS

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4, in D minor, Op. 31. With the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli, Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set VDM-297; price complete with album $3.67.

WALTON

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (Dedicated to Heifetz). With the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Goosens Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set VDM-868; price complete with album $3.67.

WIENIAKSKI

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No.2 in D minor, Op.22. With the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by John Barbirolli, (5 sides) and Scherzo Tarantelle, Op.16. With Arpad Sandor (piano) (1 side) Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set VDM-275; price complete with album $3.67.

• Polonaise Brilliante in D major, Op.4 See BAZZINI: la Ronde des Lutins. Scherzo Tarantelle, Op.16. See Concerto above and also GLASUNOV: Meditation

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CHABRIER (EMMANUEL)

Trois Valses Romantiques (For Two Pianos). With Gaby Casadesus. Two 12″ records (4 sides) in Set CX-209; price complete with album $2.63.

FAURE (GABRIEL)

Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15 (Piano and Strings). With Joseph Calvert (violin), Leon Pascal (viola), Paul Mas (cello). Four 12″ records (8 sides) in Set CM-255; price complete with album $4.73.

MOZART (WOLFGANG AMADEUS)

• Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491. With Paris Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Bigot (7 sides) and Rondo in D major, K. 485 (1 side). Four 12″ records in CM-356; price complete with album $4.73.
• Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595. With Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra or New York conducted by John Barbirolli (7 sides) and Minuet in D major, K. 355, and Gigue in G Minor, K. 574. (1 side). Four 12″ records in Set CM-492; price complete with album $4.73.
• Sonata No. 12 in F major, K. 332 (3 sides) and Sonata No. 17 in D major, K. 576 (3 sides). Three 12″ records in Set CM-433; price complete with album $3.68.

RAVEL (MAURICE)

• Sonatine (3 sides) and Le Tombeau de Couperin -Minuet only (1 side). Two 10″ records in Set CX-179; price complete with album $2.10.
• Valses Nobles et Sentimentales. Two 10″ records (4 sides) in Set CX-194; price complete with album $2.10.

SCARLATTI (DOMENICO)

Sonatas. Nos. 465, 22, 486, 449, 387, 413, 487, 463, 395, 411, 263. Three 12″ records (6 sides) in Set CM-372; price complete with album $3.68.

SCHUBERT (FRANZ)

Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 120. (3 sides) and Landler, Op. 171, Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11 (1 side). Two 12″ records in Set CX-236; price complete with album $2.63.

WEBER (CARL MARIA VON)

Konzertstuct in F minor, Op. 79. With Paris Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eugene Bigot. Two 12″ records (4 sides) in Set CX-59; price complete with album $2.63.

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[This post was updated with additional information and corrections - 07-02-2010]

KUNST DER FUGE (Complete) (Bach, Arr. Harris and Norton)
Roth String Quartet
19 Sides., Set M-MM-206
68257-D – 68266-D (Side 20 – blank)
Review: A Guide to Recorded Music; Kolodin; 1941; Pg.16 Col.1

QUARTET NO. 18 IN A. K. 464 (Mozart)
Roth String Quartet
Feri Roth (1st violin); Jeno Antal (2nd violin);
Ferenc Molnar (viola); Janos Scholz (violoncello)
8 Sides., Set M-222
68327-D – 68330-D
AM 68335-D – 68338-D
MM 70340-D – 70343-D
LX 8231 – LX 8234 (Columbia UK)
Issued: 1934
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); July 1942; Pg.5 Col.2
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.288 Col.2

1st Movement – 1st Movement

2nd Movement – 2nd Movement

3rd Movement – 3rd Movement

4th Movement – 4th Movement

QUARTET IN F MINOR Op. 20, No. 5 (Haydn)
Roth String Quartet
5 Sides., Set M-228 (Side 6 – Blank)
68365-D – S-68367-D
AM 68373-D – S-68375-D
MM S-70115-D – 70117-D

QUARTET NO. 11 IN F MINOR Op 95 (Beethoven)
Roth String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-251
68462-D – 68464-D
AM 68465-D – 68467-D
MM 70122-D – 70124-D
LX 502 – LX 504 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 7 IN F Op. 59, No. 1 (‘Rasoumovsky No. 1′) (Beethoven)
Roth String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-MM-256
68532-D – 68536-D
AM 68537-D – 68541-D
MM 70129-D – 70133-D
LX 578 – LX 582 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET IN C Op. 33, No. 3 (‘The Bird’) (Haydn)
Roth String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-257
68542-D – 68544-D
AM 68545-D – 68547-D
MM 70134-D – 70136-D

QUARTET NO. 14 IN D MINOR (‘Death and the Maiden’) (Schubert)
Roth String Quartet
9 Sides., Set M-269
68693-D – S-68697-D
AM 68698-D – S-68702-D
MM S-70159-D – 70163-D
Matrix numbers: XCO 34876 to XCO 34879
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.363 Col.1

QUINTET IN A MAJOR for Clarinet and Strings, K. 581 (Mozart)
Simeon Bellison (Clarinet); Roth String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-MM-293
68909-D – 68912-D
AM 68913-D – 68916-D
MM 70204-D – 70207-D
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); September 1944; Pg.10 Col.2
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.291 Col.1

QUARTET NO. 6 IN F Op. 96 (‘American’) (Dvorak)
6 Sides., Set M-328
Roth String Quartet
69181-D – 69183-D
AM 69184-D – 69186-D
MM 70256-D – 70258-D
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); July 1938; Pg.3 Col.2

QUINTET IN F MINOR for Piano and Strings (Franck)
E. Robert Schmitz (piano); Roth String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-MM-334
69251-D – 69255-D
AM 69256-D – 69260-D
MM 70269-D – 70273-D

QUARTET IN D. Op. 45 (Roussel)
Roth String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-339
69231-D – 69233-D
AM 69234-D – 69236-D
MM 70274-D – 70276-D
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.348 Col.1
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); February 1945; Pg.11 Col.1

QUARTET IN E-FLAT (After Quintet, Op. 16) (Beethoven)
Schmitz (piano); Roth String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-348
69387-D – 69390-D
AM 69391-D – 69394-D
MM 70286-D – 70289-D
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); January 1939; Pg.1 Col.1

MINUET-QUARTET IN D Op. 76, No. 5 (Haydn)
-see Minuet (Haydn)
69390-D in Set M-348

QUARTET NO. 2 IN D-FLAT Op. 15 (Dohnanyi)
Roth String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-367
69584-D – 69586-D
AM 69587-D – 69589-D
MM 70307-D – 70309-D
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.140 Col.2
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); June 1939; Pg.4 Col.1

QUARTET NO. 14 IN G. K 387 (Mozart)
Roth String Quartet
(Roth – Antal – Molnar – Scholz)
6 Sides., Set M-374
69649-D – 69651-D
AM 69652-D – 69654-D
MM 70024-D – 70026-D
Matrix numbers: XCO 22812-1 to XCO ?
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); September 1939; Pg.7 Col.2
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.288 Col.1

QUARTET IN D MAJOR Op. 76, No. 5 (Haydn)
Roth String Quartet
Feri Roth (1st violin); Rachmael Weinstock (2nd violin); Julius Schaier (viola); Oliver Edel (‘cello)
6 Sides., Set M-400
69828- D-69830-D
AM 69831-D – 69833-D
MM 70326-D – 70328-D
Issued: c.1940
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); April 1940; Pg.5 Col.1
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); November 1944; Pg.10 Col.1

QUARTET IN D MAJOR Op. 11 (Tchaikovsky)
Roth String Quartet
7 Sides., Set M-407
69859-D – S-69862-D
AM 69863-D – S-69866-D
MM S-69871-D – 69874-D
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); June 1940; Pg.7 Col.1
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.434 Col.2

QUARTET NO. 17 IN B-FLAT MAJOR (‘Hunting’), K. 458 (Mozart)
Roth String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-MM-438
70718-D – 70720-D
MM 70724-D – 70726-D
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.288 Col.1

QUARTET NO. 3 (Harris)
Roth String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-MM-450
71050-D – 71053-D
MM 71054-D – 71057-D

QUARTET NO. 1 IN A MINOR, Op. 41, No. 1 (Schumann)
Roth String Quartet
Feri Roth (1st violin); Rachmael Weinstock (2nd violin); Julius Schaier (viola) Oliver Edel (‘cello)
6 Sides., Set M-MM-454
71103-D – 71105-D
MM 71106-D – 71107-D
Recorded: 1940
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.381 Col.2

QUINTET FOR STRINGS AND PIANO IN C MINOR Op. 1 (7 Sides) (Dohnanyi)
and Rulalis Hungarica, Op. 32a (1 Side) (Dohnanyi) (piano solo)
Edward Kilenyi (piano); Roth String Quartet
8 sides, Set M-MM-546
71561-D – 71564-D
MM 71565-D – 71568-D
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.140 Col.2
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); June 1944; Pg.2 Col.2
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); May 1944; Pg.2 Col.2

QUARTET IN G MINOR Op. 33, No. 5 (Boccherini)
Roth String Quartet
4 Sides., Set X-170
70090-D – 70091-D
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); August 1940; Pg.2 Col.1
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); November 1944; Pg.9 Col.2

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QUARTET IN C SHARP MINOR, Op 131 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-6
67021-D – 67025-D

QUARTET IN D MAJOR, Op 76, No. 5 (Haydn)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-7
67039-D – 67041-D

QUARTET IN C MAJOR, Op. 465 (Mozart)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-8
67026-D – 67029-D
L1545-8 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET IN B FLAT MAJOR, Op. 458 (Mozart)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-21
67130-D – 67132-D

QUARTET IN E FLAT, Op. 74 (‘Harp’) (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-26
67118-D – 67121-D

QUARTET IN A MINOR, Op. 132 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-27
67122-D – 67126-D

QUARTET IN A MINOR, Op. 51 No. 2 (Brahms)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-35
67168-D – 67171-D

QUARTET IN F, Op. 59, No. 1 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
(Lener; Smilovits; Roth; Hartman)
10 Sides., Set M-49
67243-D – 67247-D
L 1837 – L 1841 (Columbia UK)
L 1837 – L 1841 (Columbia AUS)
Recorded: Wigmore Hall, UK

QUARTET NO. 8 IN E MINOR Op. 59, No. 2 (‘Rosoumovsky No. 2′) (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-50
67248-D – 67251-D
Matrix numbers: RAX 2104 to RAX 2111
L 1856 – L 1859 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 9 IN C Op. 59, No. 3 (‘Rasoumovsky No. 3′) (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
(Lener; Smilovits; Roth; Hartman)
8 Sides., Set M-51
67252-D – 67255-D
Matrix numbers: AX 2125 to AX 2132
L 1860 – L 1863 (Columbia UK)
L 1860 – L 1863 (Columbia AUS)

QUARTET NO. 16 IN F MAJOR, Op. 135 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-55
67270-D – 67272-D
L 1918 – L 1920 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 11 IN F MINOR, Op. 95 (‘Serious’) (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-56
67274-D – 67276-D
L 1926 – L 1928 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 1 IN F Op. 18, No. 1 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides.‚ Set M-58
67623-D – 67625-D
L 1842 – L 1844 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET IN C MINOR, Op. 18, No. 4 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-59
67284-D – 67286-D
L 1845 – L 1847 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 6 IN B-FLAT Op. 18, No. 6 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-60
67287-D – 67289-D
L 1915 – L 1917 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 2 IN G Op 18, No. 2 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-66
67306-D – 67308-D
L 1909 – L 1911 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 13 IN B-FLAT Op 130 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-70
67323-D – 67327-D
Matrix numbers: RAX 2255 to RAX 2264
L 1929 – L 1933 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 3 IN D Op 18, No. 3 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-75
67346-D – 67348-D
L 1912 – L 1914 (Columbia UK)

QUINTET IN F MINOR, Op. 34 for Piano and Strings (Brahms)
Olga Loeser-Lebert (piano); Lener String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-80
67375-D – 67379-D
L 2040 – L 2044 (Columbia UK)

OCTET IN F MAJOR, Op. 166 (Schubert)
C. Hobday (string bass); Charles Draper (clarinet); E. W. Hinchcliff (bassoon); Aubrey Brain (French hom); Lener String Quartet
12 Sides., Set M-97
67457-D – 67462-D
L 2108 – L 2113 (Columbia UK)
GQX 10961 – GQX 10966 (Columbia Italy)
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.360 Col.1

QUARTET IN G MINOR Op. 10 (Debussy)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-100
67481-D – 67484-D

QUINTET IN B MINOR FOR CLARINET AND STRINGS Op. 115 (Brahms)
Charles Draper (clarinet); Lener String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-118
67613-D – 67617-D
Matrix numbers: AX 4259 – AX 4268
04268 – 04272
L 2228 – L 2232 (Columbia UK)

QUINTET IN A MAJOR for Clarinet and Strings K. 581 (Mozart)
Charles Draper (clarinet); Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-124
67664-D – 67667-D
L 2252 – L 2255 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET IN D MAJOR Op. 76, No. 5 (Haydn)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-125
67668-D – 67670-D
L 2257 – L 2259 (Columbia UK)

STRING QUARTET NO. 3 IN B FLAT MAJOR Op. 67 (Brahms)
Lener String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-132
67730-D – 67734-D
L 2357 – L 2361 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 17 IN B FLAT MAJOR K. 458 (‘Hunting’) (Mozart)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-134
67740-D – 67742-D
L 2261 – L 2263 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 14 IN G MAJOR K. 387 (Mozart)
Lener String quartet
8 Sides., Set M-144
67806-D – 67809-D
LX 24 – LX 27 (Columbia UK)

QUINTET IN G MINOR for Strings K. 516 (Mozart)
D’Oliviera (2nd viola); Lener String Quartet
(Lener; Roth; Hartmann; Smilovits)
8 Sides., Set M-150
67838-D – 67841-D
LX 61 – LX 64 (Columbia UK)
LOX 68 – LOX 71 (Columbia AUS)

QUINTET IN A MAJOR Op. 81 for Piano and Strings (Dvorak)
Olga Loeser-Lebert (piano); Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-161
67958-D – 67961-D
LX 150 – LX 153 (Columbia UK)

STRING QUARTET NO. 2 IN A MINOR Op. 51 (Brahms)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-173
68045-D – 68048-D
LX 163 – LX 166 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 14 IN C-SHARP MINOR Op 131 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-175
68059-D – 68063-D
LX 294 – LX 298 (Columbia UK)

SEPTET IN E FLAT MAJOR Op. 20 (Beethoven)
Hobday (string bass); Draper (clarinet); Hinchcliffe (bassoon); Brain (horn); Lener String Quartet (violin; viola; ‘cello)
10 Sides., Set M-180
68096-D – 68100-D

QUINTET IN E FLAT MAJOR Op. 44 for Piano and String Quintet (Schumann)
Olga Loeser-Leber (piano); Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-192
68188-D – 68191-D
LX 266 – LX 269 (Columbia UK)
LFX 344 – LFX 347 (Columbia FR)

STRING QUARTET NO. 1 IN C MINOR Op. 51 (Brahms)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-195
68205-D – 68208-D
LX 228 – LX 231 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 10 IN E-FLAT Op. 74 (‘Harp’) (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-202
68230-D – 68233-D
LX 319 – LX 322 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET IN F MAJOR (Ravel)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-208
68270-D – 68273-D
LX 270 – LX 273 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET IN C Op. 76, No. 3 (‘The Emperor’) (7 Sides) (Haydn)
(and) Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2 (Andante only) (1 Side) (Haydn)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-246
68421-D – 68424-D
AM 68425-D – 68428-D
MM 70118-D – 70121-D
LX 451 – LX 454 (Columbia UK)
Recorded: 1944
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); October 1944; Pg.3 Col.1

QUARTET NO. 18 IN A MINOR Op 132 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-273
68761-D – 68765-D
AM 68766-D – 68770-D
MM 70189-D – 70193-D
LX 463 – LX 467 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 4 IN C MINOR Op. 18, No. 4 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-288
68889-D – 68891-D
AM 68892-D – 68894-D
MM 70201-D – 70203-D
LX 397 – LX 399 (Columbia UK)

QUINTET IN C FOR STRINGS, Op. 29 (Beethoven)
William Primrose (viola); Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-294
68943-D – 68946-D
AM 68947-D – 68950-D
MM 70208-D – 70211-D
LX 546 – LX 549 (Columbia UK)
GQX 10822 – GQX 10825 (Columbia Italy)

QUARTET NO. 5 IN A Op 18, No. 5 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
6 Sides., Set M-301
68969-D – 68971-D
AM 68972-D – 68974-D
MM 70221-D – 70223-D
LX 611 – LX 613 (Columbia UK)

QUARTET NO. 16 IN F MAJOR Op. 135 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
(Lener; Smilovits; Roth; Hartman)
6 Sides., Set M-307
69021-D – 69023-D
AM 69024-D – 69026-D
MM 70227-D – 70229-D
LX 598 – LX 560 (Columbia UK)
LWX 165 – LWX 167 (Columbia Germany)

QUARTET NO. 3 IN A MAJOR, Op. 41, No. 3 (Schumann)
Lener String Quartet
8 Sides., Set M-319
69117-D – 69120-D
AM 69121-D – 69124-D
MM 70237-D – 70240-D
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.381 Col.2
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); April 1938; Pg.9 Col.2

QUARTET NO. 3 IN E-FLAT Op. 51 (Dvorak)
Lener String Quartet
(Lener, Smilovits, Roth, Hartman)
8 Sides., Set M-369
69603-D – 69606-D
AM 69607-D – 69610-D
MM 70310-D – 70313-D
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone Shop Inc.); July 1939; Pg.4 Col.1

DIVERTIMENTO NO. 17 IN D MAJOR, K. 334 (Mozart)
Aubrey Brain / Dennis Brain (horns); Lener String Quartet
10 Sides., Set M-MM-379
69694-D – 69698-D
MM 70034-D – 70038-D
GQX 11044 – GQX 11048 (Columbia Italy)
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.272 Col.2

GROSSE FUGE, Op. 133 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
4 Sides., Set X-MX-6
67873-D – 67874-D
MX 70404-D – 70405-D

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