String Quartet and Voice

George Rochberg:
String Quartet No. 7 with Baritone

Samuel Barber:
String Quartet Op. 11
Dover Beach Op. 3

Leslie Guinn - Baritone
Concord String Quartet

Nonesuch 78017 Silver Series. Recorded in 1983. Digital recording. Record NM (unplayed). Cover NM. Insert with text NM.

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Rochberg-Quartet No. 7 with Baritone. Barber-Quartet Op. 11-Dover Beach Op.3. Concord String Quartet. Nonesuch 78017 Silver. Digital. Record, Cover, Inlay NM. $14.

Four Favorite Trios

Trio Istomin, Stern, Rose

Eugene Istomin - Piano
Isaac Stern - Violin
Leonard Rose-Cello

Brahms: Trio No. 1 In B Major For Piano, Violin And Cello, Op. 8

Schubert: Trio No. 1 In B-Flat Major For Piano, Violin And Cello, Op. 99

Beethoven: Trio No. 6 In B-Flat Major For Piano, Violin, And Cello, Op. 97. "Archduke"

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy: Trio No. 1 In D Minor For Piano, Violin, And Cello, Op. 49

Recordings made in 1965, 1966 and 1967 and released as individual records. 3 LP Box released in 1969. Reference D3S 799.
Records NM. Box NM (except for a somewhat clumsy glued back sheet by the manufacturer).

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Trio Istomin-Stern-Rose. 4 Favorite Piano Trios by Brahms-Schubert-Beethoven-Mendelssohn. 3 LP box D3S 799 from 1969. Records and Box NM (see description).. Coilumbia 2 eyes label. $17.

Jean-Philippe Rameau:

5 Concertos for Harpsichord, Violin and Violoncello

Sonata No. 2 for Harpsichord

Igor Zhukov - Harpsichord
Grigory Feigin - Violin
Valentin Feigin - Violoncello

This is a 2 record set for the collector of rare compositions here performed by Igor Zhukov who is particularly known for his exceptional performances and recordings of the music of Alexander Scriabin. And for his extensive practical and theoretical knowledge of the technique of making recordings. Zhukov plays with the brothers Grigory abd Valentin Feigin.

Melodiya Stereo CM-01877/78 and CM-01879/80. Records M-. Box mechanically weak, VG+. Spot where a sticker was removed (see image). Liner notes glued on the inside, in Russian only. Also listed under baroque.

Rameau:Concertos-Sonata. Zhukov-harpsichord. Grigory Feigin-violin.Valentin Feigin-cello. Melodiya CM-01877/78/79/80. Record M-. Box VG+. $19.

Franz Schubert:

Trout Quintet (Forellen-Quintet) for Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello, Double Bass

Notturno for Piano, Violin and Violoncello

Jörg Demus - Hammerflügel (Conrad Graf)
Franzjosef Maier - Violin (Guarneri del Gesù)
Heinz-Otto Graf - Viola (Gaspar da Salo)
Rudolf Mandalka - Violoncello (Jos. Gagliano)
Paul Breuer - Double Bass (Fratelli Fiori)

BASF-Harmonia Mundi 20 20314-1 from 1972. Record NM/M-. Gatefold cover M-. Red sticker on back. German pressing (Sonopress)

Schubert:Trout-Notturno. Demus-Maier-Graf-Mandalka-Breuer. BASF Harmonia Mundi 20 20314-1.Record NM/M-.Gatefold M-. $10.

Josef Suk - Violin
Jpsef Hala - Piano
Suk Quartet

Chausson: Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet

Also listed under Violin

Supraphon 1111 3595 G. Digital recording made in January 1985. Record NM. Cover NM.

Chausson-Violin Concerto-Suk-Hala-Quartet, Supraphon 1111 3595 G. DDA. Record NM. Cover NM. $10.

The Beaux Arts Trio

Menahem Pressler (Piano)
Isidore Cohen (Violin)
Bernard Greenhouse (Cello)

The Complete Piano Trios of Joseph Haydn on 14 LP's Divided over 3 Volumes.

These are the extraordinary performances recorded in superior Philips sound technique of the Complete Piano Trios consisting of 3 Volumes

Volume 1 - 4x LP
Haydn Piano Trios Vol. 1 (1755-1760)
Hoboken XV - 39, 1, , 37, C1, 41, 11, 36, 34, 35, 38, 40 - Hoboken XIV - 6, C1
Philips 4 Lp Box 6747 413
Recorded in 1978 and 1979

Volume 2 - 5 x LP
Haydn Piano Trios Vol. 2 (1760-1793) Hoboken XV - 2, 8, 6, 7, 9, 12, 5, 10, 11, 15, 14, 13, 16, 17
Philips 5 Lp Box 6747 414
Recorded in 1975 and 1977

Volume 3 - 5 x LP
Haydn Piano Trios Vol. 3 (1793-1796)
Hoboken XV - 18, 19, 22, 20, 24, 32, 21, 28, 23, 25, 26, 27, 30, 29, 31
Philips 5 Lp Box 6747 415
Recorded in 1970 and 1972

Haydn: Piano Trios - Beaux Arts Trio - Philips Vol. 1 6747 413 5x LP. Records, box and inlay NM-. $ 30.

Haydn: Piano Trios - Beaux Arts Trio - Philips Vol. 2 6747 414 5x LP. Records, box and inlay in M- condition. $ 30.

Haydn: Piano Trios - Beaux Arts Trio - Philips Vol. 3 - 6747 415 - 4 x LP Records, boxes and inlays in New condition. $ 30.

Haydn: 'Symphonie Concertante' for 8 obligato instruments

Mozart: Divertimento No. 11 K 251

Octuor de Paris / The Paris Octet:

Jean Leber, Alain Moglia, Jean-Pierre Laroque, Daniel Bourgue, Gaston Maugras, Michel Wales, Michel Renard, Gabin Lauridon, Maxence Larrieux, André Fournier
 

Classic 991.009. Record NM. Cover NM. In order to make this Scherzo Classic edition also remarkable a relatively 'complicated' cover was constructed which makes slipping the record in and out a bit difficult. But practice makes perfect. Liner notes in French and English.

The Octuor de Paris was founded by Guy Deplus in 1965. Recorded December 1967 in the church of Our Lady of the Lebanon. This venue was chosen because of its acoustics and because recording the octet in a studio would need undesirable electronic adjustments.
Produced by Barclay. Integrated in the cover is the text 'Enregistrement certifié repondant aux normes de haute qualité'
roduced by Barclay.

Octuor de Paris: Haydn Symphony concertante. Mozart Divertimento K251.Classic 991.009. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 12.

Mozart: 6 Haydn String Quartets

K 387 421 428 458 404 405

Quartetto Italiano: Paolo Berciani - Elisa Pegreffi - Pierro Farulli - Franco Rossi

Recorded between 14 and 22 of August 1966

PHILIPS S-C71 AX 301. Individual records 802 752LY - 753LY - 754LY.
ED1. Issued in 1967. Records NM. Inlay NM. Box NM. Labels have stickers showing that the set was sent ro a reviewer. The records have been played only a few times.

The early boxes presented by Philips of complete recordings were indicated by S-C 71: Mozart Violin Concertos by Arthur Grumiaux, Ingrid Haebler Mozart early recordings of Piano Concertos, and her Mozart Piano Sonatas.

Mozart's String Quartets dedicated to Joseph Haydn were issued in 1967 as individual records, and sometime later collected in a 3-record box.

It was around 1970 that the Philips word logo was redesigned to have a modern look. The bold font was replaced by a slimmer one because as the bold S suddenly seemed out of style.
This box with the 6 quartets is the earliest edition.

Mozart 'Haydn String Quartets'. Quartetto Italiano. Philips 3LP Box S-C 71AX. ED1. Records, Box and Inlay NM. Reviewer's copy. $ 28.

Szymon Goldberg - Violin
William Primrose - Viola
Nikolai Graudan - Cello
Victor Babin - Piano

Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Major, Op. 26, Recorded at New York City, RCA Victor Studio A, March 5-7, 1960, according to this listing on Discogs
 

RCA LSC 2517. Matrices L2RY 1072 5S and L2RY 1072 4S. Record M-. Cover NM.

Record pressed in Canada. Cover printed in Canada. For many American labels it was practice to have records pressed in Canada for the Canadian market.
Released in 1963 though the US Library of Congres catalog card mentions 1961 as year. The label states "RCA Victor Company Ltd., Montreal Canada Copyrighted".

Brahms-Piano-Quartet. Goldberg-Primrose-Graudan-Babib. RCA LSC 2517. Canadian release. Record M-. Cover NM. $ 15.

Casals Festival in Prades 1952

Schubert: Quintet in C Major Op. 163

Isaac Stern and Alexander Schneider - Violin
Milton Katims - Viola
Pablo Casals and Paul Tortelier - Cello

Philips Minigroove A 01188 L. (Original recording by Columbia ML 4714, released December 1953)
Recorded on the spot. Record EX-. Cover M-. Original inner sleeve (paper in plastic). Liner Notes in English.

Casals Prades 1952. Stern-Schneider-Katims-Casals-Tortelier. Philips A01188L. Record Ex-.Cover M-. $ 7.

Debussy: String Quartet Op. 10

Ravel: String Quartet in F

Orlando String Quartet

Istvan Párkányi (violin) - Heinz Oberdorfer (violin) - Ferdinand Erblich (viola) - Stefan Metz (violoncello)

Philips 6514 387. Recorded in 1982. Digital recording. Record and Cover EX/NM. Some writing on back. Liner notes in English, German and French.

Orlando Quartet-Debussy-Ravel. Philips 6514 387. Digital. Issued 1983. Record and Cover EX/NM. $ 8.

Schumann: Piano Quintet Op. 44
Mozart: String Quartet K 465 'Dissonance'

Philippe Entremont (piano) and the Alban Berg Quartet - Violins: Günther Pichler and Gerhard Schulz - Viola: Thomas Kakuska - Cello: Valentin Erben
Schumann's 'Frenzy' and Mozart's 'Dissonance' recorded live 1 March, 1985, at Carnegie Hall by AT&T for their national radio show.

EMI 270447-1. Digital recording
DMM - Direct Metal Mastering. Teldec pressing, Germany. Gatefold sleeve. Record M-. Cover NM.

Schumann Piano Quintet-Mozart Quartet. Entremont-Alban Berg Quartet. EMI 270447-1. DDA. DMM. Record M-. Cover NM. $ 8.

Modern American Music Series:

Elliott Carter
String Quartet
The Walden Quartet of the University of Illinois
Homer Schmidt, Bernard Goodman, Violins; John Garvey, Viola; Robert Swenson, 'Cello.

In his 'The LP/Stereo Record Guide & Tape Review Warren DeMotte writes: 'The music of this American composer is not immediately accessible to the listener, but despite its complexity, imagination and integrety are apparent. At all times Carter's means are musical; they are also intellectual and emotional, with a decidedly modern character and they repay serious listening.'

Columbia Masterworks ML 5104 Mono 6-eye label from 1965.
Record and Cover VG+/EX. Cover has a spot at upper right where a sticker was removed. Also listed under avantgarde.

Carter String Quartet-Walden Quartet-Columbia ML 5104 Mono from 1956. Record and Cover VG+/EX. $ 12.

Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F Major

The Budapest String Quartet: Josef Roisman and Alexander Schneider, 1st Violins - Boris Kroyt, Alto - Mischa Schneider, Violoncello

The recorded performance by the Budapest String Quartet of the Ravel Quartet is listed in catalogs of 1942 (4x78 RPM CM425), 1948 (4x78 RPM CM425), and 1950 (LP ML 4091), all in mono. In 1953 Columbia released a new recording of the Ravel and Debussy Quartets as ML 4668. In 1960 Columbia again made a new recording of the Debussy and Ravel Quartets in stereo, released on MS 6050.

In 1953 Philips Phonographische Industrie started the exchange of recordings with Columbia. Most Philips recordings landed on the Epic label in the US. Columbia recordings appeared on the Philips Minigroove label. The Philips 10" disc with reference A 01606 R is from 1954. It is the same performance as on the new 1953 Columbia release.

In 1944 Schneider left the Budapest Quartet and officially rejoined the group in 1956. This means that Schneider must have played in the quartet on several occasions or just once for this recording by Columbia. Judging from the sound recording of the Philips Minigroove there is no hiss and there is detail. A copy of the master tape recording was sent to Philips Phonogafische Industrie in Baarn, the Netherlands.

Philips A01606R. 10". Record As New. Cover NM.

Budapest String Quartet - Ravel Quartet. Philips A01606R. Record As New. Cover NM. $ 12.

Quintet Marie-Claire Jamet plays

Marie-Claire Jamet, harp
Christian Larde, flute
Guy Deplus, clarinet
Jose Sanchez, 1st violin
Jacques Dejean, 2nd violin
Colette Lequien, viola
Pierre Degenne, cello

Maurice Ravel: Introduction et allegro
Florent Schmitt: Suite en Rocaille op.84
Albert Roussel: Serenade op.30

This is Erato LDE 3173 Mono. The recording was also available in Stereo. Record EX. Cover NM.

Quintet Jamet. Ravel-Schmitt-Roussel. Erato LDE 3173 Mono. Record EX. Cover NM. Notes in French only. $ 12.

Alfred Boskovsky, Clarinet - Members of the Vienna Octet

Johannes Brahms:
Clarinet Quintet

Richard Wagner:
Adagio for Clarinet and String Quintet

Decca SXL 2297. ED1 from 1961. Wide Band, Grooved. Buckingham code: 5199-1D and 5200-1D. Record NM. Cover EX-.

Vienna Octet-Alfred Boskovsky. Brahms Clarinet Quintet. Wagner Adagio, Decca SXL2297.ED1 Gr.Record NM. Cover EX-. $ 35.

Alfred Boskovsky, Clarinet - Members of the Vienna Octet

Johannes Brahms:
Clarinet Quintet

Richard Wagner:
Adagio for Clarinet and String Quintet

Decca SDD 249 pressed from original Wide Band plates ED1 from 1961. Grooved. Buckingham code: 5199-1H and 5200-1C. Record NM. Cover NM. Sticker on the back. Record belonged to Kenneth Montgomery.

Vienna Octet-Alfred Boskovsky. Brahms Clarinet Quintet. Wagner Adagio, Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 249.Record NM. Cover NM. $ 12.

Drolc Quartet
Heinrich Geuser (clarinet)
Aurèle Nicolet (flute)

Johannes Brahms: Quintet Op. 115

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozert: Quartet K 298

Columbia STC 80 449, White/Gold label, German pressing from British plates YRX500 and 1501. Cover Ex. Record NM.

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Dmitri Shostakovich

Borodin Quartet plays

*Piano Quintet with Sviatoslav Richter

*15 String Quartets

Is there an intimate Shostakovich? Is there empathy? Or are his compositions simply constructions that show the master's skill instead of the greater humanity? Is his music the orchestration for the sake of effect? The music he wrote was literally out of tune compared to "the greats" who end up in the compilations of beloved and popular compositions under the title "Music for the Millions". Why is that? Because his personality, his mindset, forced him to fill in and repeat his own conservative form that was the basis for his symphonies and concertos. He could not escape the increasing pressure of the strict political line and continued to compose without undergoing any significant influence from this or that artistic movement or person. Shostakovich lived and created in his own domain where he was the leader. Although there are proponents and opponents of his music, there are also music listeners who discover more and more that there is a sensitive, spiritual expression to be found in his music. Especially in the quartets where the pursuit of effects has had less chance.

MELODIYA 9xLP BOX with 12 pages booklet
A10 00109 003 - Quintet
C10 11757 001 - Quartets Nos. 15 & 1
C10 19023 001 - Quartet No. 2
C10 19503 006 - Quartets Nos. 8 & 3
C10 19535 003 - Quartets Nos. 4 & 6
C10 21943 000 - Quartets Nos. 5 & 9
C10 17869 005 - Quartets Nos. 7 & 14
C10 17579 005 - Quartets Nos 10 & 11
C10 17375 005 - Quartets Nos. 12 & 13

Recorded in 1983, 1978, 1982, 1981. See for complete details the listing by Kuisma on Discogs.

Booklet contains extensive notes on each composition in Russian, yet has liner notes on last page in English.

Booklet is VG+. Box has shelfwear mainly on the front and is therefor graded VG+. Records are M- to NM.
Shipment is in the 5 kg category. There is room for more records. See Cost of shipment.

Shostakovich-Quintet-Quartets. Borodin Quartet. S.Richter. Melodiya 9 LP Box. Booklet and Box VG+. Records M- to NM. $ 75.

Bedrich Smetena - Piano Trio Op. 15
Frederic Chopin - Piano Trio Op. 8

The Beaux Arts Trio

Philips 6500 133 red-silver label from 1971. Record NM. Cover EX+.

Beaux Arts Trio. Smetena $ Chopin Trios. Philips 6500 133.Recorded 1971. Record NM. Cover EX+. $ 12.

Arthur Bliss

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
Quintet for Hobo and Strings

The Melos Ensemble of London
Gervase de Peyer, clarinet; Peter Graeme, hobo; Emanuel Hurwitz and Ivor McMahon, violins; Cecil Aronowitz, viola; Terence Weil, cello

Recorded Music Circle CM 42. Record and Cover NM.

Bliss-Quintet for Clarinet-Quintet for Hobo-Melos Esemble London. RMC CM 42. Record and Cover NM. $ 9.

Erich Wolfgang Korngold

Piano Quintet in E Major, Op. 15

Piano Trio in D Major, Op. 1

Edith Grosz, piano - Isidor Lateiner, violin - Godfried Hoogeveen, violin - Jeanne van Tol, viola - Prunella Pacey, cello (Rondje Players)

RON 10 (Stichting Rondje) from 1987. Digital recording. Record NM. Cover EX+-M-.

Korngold-Piano Quintet-Piano Trio. Rondje Players. RON 10. Record NM. Cover M-. $ 7.

Giaccomo Rossini:

Sei Sonate a Quattro

Salvatore Accardo, 1st Violin
Sylvie Gazeau, 2nd Violin
Alain Meunier, Violoncello
Franco Petracchi, Double-bass

Duetto for cello and double-bass

Alain Meunier - Cello
Franco Petracchi - Double-bass

Un Mot a Paganini

Salvatore Accardo - Violin
Bruno Canino - Piano

Une Larme

Franco Petracchi - Double-bass
Bruno Canino - Piano

These are the cherished and praised performances of the Six String Sonatas of Giaccomo Rossini. They were made famous by the performances for string orchestra under Neville Marriner thanks to the high quality recordings made by the Decca engineers for the Argo label. Marriner conducted the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields which was founded in 1959. That is why the original versions were somewhat forgotten.

Rossini was a prodigy. He composed these sonatas for string quartet (two violins, cello and doubble-bass) when he was 12 years old. While Neville Marriner made these sonatas popular it was Salvatore Accardo who chose to perform the compositions as they were originally conceived.

Sides One, Two and Three contain the Six Sonatas. Side Four of this 2 LP Set contains Duetto for cello and double-bass, 'Un mot à Paganini' played by Salvatore Accardo and pianist Bruno Canini, and 'Une larme' performed by Franco Petracchi with Bruno Canini at the piano.

All performances are of an extremely high artistic level. On top of that the Philips recording engineers have taken the utmost care to achieve a natural sound. It is really amazing what can be achieved with the analog recording technique. No wonder that these recordings were immediately recognized as being outstanding.

Original Philips release produced in 1979. Reference 9500 611/612, Box reference 6769 024. Insert with liner notes in English, German and French. The records are as new. So is the box and the inlay.

Rossini-6 Sonate a quattro-Duetto-Mot a Paganini-Une larme. Accardo-Gazeau-Meunier-Petracchi-Canino, Philips 6769 024-Records, Box and Inlay are as new. $750.

Loewenguth Quartet, Paris

Ravel - String Quartet in F Major
Debussy - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

This recording with Debussy and Ravel was published in the summer of 1958 and received a Grand Prix du Disque. It is in mono and has therefor of course the Alle Hersteller label. No stereo exists.

There was already a recording of the Ravel Quartet by the Loewenguth String Quartet on DGG LPE 16073, a ten inch disc from September 1955. But no Debussy. The Loewenguth Quartet led by Alfred Loewenguth changed members over the years. This Deutsche Grammophon recording is of the quartet with Alfred Loewenguth (1st violin), Maurice Fuéri (2nd violin), Roger Roche (viola), and Pierre Basseux (cello). In 1962 a recording of the same quartets by the Loewenguth Quartet appeared on Vox STPL 512.020. And there was a new recording made for Deutsche Grammophon later. Then the quartet has exchanged a few members.

Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18 312. Pressed in April, 1962. Side One is NM. Side Two is EX. The Cover is EX. Very well recorded. Liner notes in German, English, French and Spanish.

Loewenguth Quartet-Debussy-Ravel. Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18 312. 1958. Mono only. Record EX. Cover NM. $10.

Danièle Dechenne - Piano
Herman Krebbers - Violin
Jean Decroos - Cello

The Guarneri Trio

Chausson: Piano Trio Op.3 in g minor
Faure: Piano Trio Op.120 in d minor

These are passionate performances by these outstanding musicians. Danièle Dechenne studied at the Paris Conservatory under Lazare Levy and won may contests, She married Jean Decroos, also from France, who tudied under Pierre Fournier and followed a master class by André Navarra. Herman Krebbers studied under Oscar Back. As a youngster he performed with Willem Mengelberg. World War II interrupted his early career. But soon after the war he was acknowedged as prominent performer of Beethoven's Violin Concerto. After performing it at Carnegie Hall in New York, he recorded the concerto with Willem van Otterloo and the Residency Orchestra for the Philips label in 1952. In the mid 1970s he made a new recording of the concerto with the Concertgebouw Orchestra under Bernard Haitink which has a special place in the collections of many a music lover.

Private and limited edition, released by music shop Broekmans & Van Poppel in Amsterdam in 1978 - Reference BP 201. Liner notes and short biographies in Dutch and English - Record is NM. Cover is NM.

Guarneri Trio - Dechenne - Krebbers - Decroos - Chausson - Fauré. BP 201. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 25.

Luigi Boccherini: Guitar Quintets Nos. 1 and 2.

Daniel Benkö, Guitar and Eder Quartet
Pál Éder (violin) - Erika Tóth (violin) - Zoltán Tóth (alto) - György Éder (cello)

Telefunken 6.42842. Digital recording from 1982 (DDA). Record and Cover NM.

Also listed under Guitar

Benkö - Eder Quartet - Boccherini Guitar Quintets - Telefunken 6.42842 DDA. Record and Cover NM. $ 12.

Arthur Schnabel (piano) and
the Pro Arte Quartet play Schubert

Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 114, "Trout"

Japanese Angel Toshiba EMI issue. Ref. GR 2020 (= COLH-40) - Great Recordings of The Century

Very fine transfer and pressing. Simple 2-page insert with liner notes and list of recordings in Japanese only. Record NM. Cover has shelfwear at the edges, threfor graded EX+. The cover is plain blue (not shown in the scan).

Schnabel - Pro Arte Quartet - Schubert - Trout. GR 2020 - Japanese issue of COLH-40. Record NM. Cover EX+. $ 22.

Franz Schubert:
Trio No. 1 in B Flat D 898.
Trio No. 2 in E Flat, D 929.

Felix Galimir - Violin
Laszlo Varga - Cello
Istvan Nadas - Piano

This is a reissue by SAGA of an old mono recording from the 1950s that appeared on the Period label. SAGA XID 5168. Record and Cover NM.

Schubert - 2 Trios - Galimir - Varga - Nadas. SAGA XID 5168. Record and Cover NM. $ 7.

The Koeckert-Quartett

Rudolf Koeckert - violin, Willi Buchner - violin, Oskar Riedl - viola, Josef Merz - cello

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C major, op. 76, No.3 (Emperor Quartet; the melody of the second movement became the National Hym of Germany).

DGG, LPE 17 079 (Mono no stereo exists), 1956 pressing in Gatefold. Record NM to M-. Cover the same.

Haydn - Kaiserquartet (Emperor) - Koeckert Quartet - Deutsche Grammophon LPE 17 079. Record and gatefold NM to M-. $ 14.

Orlando Quartet plays Joseph Haydn:

Istvan Parkanyi (Violin)
Heinz Obderdorfer (Violin)
Ferdinand Erblich (Viola)
Stefan Metz (Violoncello)

String Quartet Op. 76, No. 4 (Sunrise) and No. 6. (Hoboken III: 78 and 80).

Philips 6514 204 (ED1). Record NM. Cover M-. Beautiful playing, very well recorded.

Haydn-Orlando Quartet-Hoboken III:78+80. Philips 6514 204. Record NM. Cover M-. $ 9.

The Alexander String Quartet

This is an early recording of the Alexander String Quartet with Eric Pritchard (1st Violin), Kate Ransom (2nd Violin) Paul Yarbrough (Viola), Sandy Wilson (Cello).

They play Debussy's First String Quartet in G minor and Ravel's Quartet in F, issued on LP and Compact Disc in 1987. This is Gallo 30-512 released when the quartet was about 6 years old.

Today the players of the quartet are Zakarias Grafilo (Violin), Frederick Lifsitz (Violin), Paul Yarbrough (Viola), and Sandy Wilson (Cello).t

Gallo 30-512. Record NM. Gatefold cover is EX+. Liner notes in English and French.

Alexander String Quartet-Debussy-Ravel. Gallo 30-512.Record NM. Cover EX+. $ 7.

The Heutling Quartet - Das Heutling Quartett

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:

The Complete String Quartets - Sämtliche Streichquartette

KV 80, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 387, 421, 428, 458 (The Hunt; Jagdquartett), 464, 465 (Dissonance; Dissonanzenquartett), 499, 575, 589, and 590.

Werner Heutling - Violin - received the Bach Prize (Leipzig) in 1950 and worked with conductors Eugen Jochum, Karl Böhm, Rudolf Kempe, and Franz Konwitschny

Oswald Gattermann - 2nd Violin - became concert master of the North German Philharmonic (Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie)

Erich Bolscheid - Alto - studied the violin and then discovered the alto violin

Konrad Haesler - Cello - studied in Berlin and Hamburg, and in Paris with André Navarra

Beautiful, stylish performances.

10 x LP. EMI Electrola SME 191 701 through 710. Stereo Gold Label, pressed from the original 2 YRA plates (2225 to 2255), the equivalent of the British HQS series from 1970.

Records are a beautiful NM. The box is graded EX+ and is physically in tact. The Book with liner notes in German (and in small type face in English) is close to NM. The total of records and box and thin book is about 2.4 kg. See shipping.

Mozart Complete String Quartets-Heutling Quartet-10x LP-EMI Electrola SME 191 701/710. Records NM. Box EX. Book close to NM. $ 55.

Anton Webern - The Quartetto Italiano play the Complete Music for String Quartet

Langsamer Satz - Slow Movement (1905) Streichquartett - String Quartet (1905) Sechs Bagatellen für Streichquartett - Six Bagatelles for String Quartet Op. 9
Streichquartett - String Quartet Op. 28

Quartetto Italiano
Paolo Barciani - Violin
Elisa Pegreffi - Violin
Piero Farulli - Alto
Franco Rossi - Cello

Philips 6500 105. Recordings from 1970. Record NM. Cover NM. Also listed under avantgarde

Webern - Complete Music for String Quartet. Quartetto Italiano. Philips 6500 105. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 12.

Franz Schubert:

Forellen-Quintett - Trout

Festival Quartet:

Szymon Goldberg, Violin
William Primrose, Viola
Nicolai Grauden, Violoncello
Victor Babin, Piano -
Stuart Sankey, Double Bass.

German RCA LM-9813-E 10 Inch from 1957. Record M-. Cover EX.

Schubert - Trout - Festival Quartet - Goldberg, Primrose, Babin c.s. - German mono RCA LM-9813 - Record M-. Cover EX. $ 9.

Eva Bernathova and the Janacek Quartet

Johannes Brahms:
Piano Quintet in F Minor, Op. 34

Eva Bernathova - Piano
Jiri Travnicek - Violin
Adolf Sykora - Violin
Jiri Kratochvil - Viola
Karel Krafka - Violoncello

This is Deutsche Grammophon LPM 18 516. It is the mono edition of the recording that was already released earlier in stereo, on SLPM 138 009 (1959).
This is a flat pancake pressing with old style mono stamps in the dead wax. The label is the Tulip Label of course with Alle Hersteller at 2 o'clock. Record M-. Cover EX+.

Bernathova-Janacek Qrt-Brahms-F Minor-DG LPM 18516. Record M-. Cover EX. $ 8.

Beethoven - The String Quartets - Played by the Hungarian String Quartet - Volume Nine

Quartet No. 14 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 131

Zoltan Szekely - Violin
Alexander Moskowsky - Violin
Denes Koromzay - Alto
Vilmos Palotai - Cello

Columbia 33CX 1442 from 1957. Mono. Record M-. Cover NM.

Beethoven-Hungarian Quartet-No. 14, Op. 131. Columbia 33CX 1442. Record M-. Cover NM. $ 9.

Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet D 667

Haydn Trio Wien / Vienna
Atar Artad - Alto
Ludwig Streicher - Double Bass
Heinz Medjimorec - Piano
Michael Schnitzler - Violin
Walther Schutz - Violoncello

Telefunken 6.42695 - Digital recording (DDA). Record NM. Cover EX+.

Schubert - Trout - Haydn Trio - Streicher - Telefunken 6.42695. Record NM. Cover EX+. $ 8.

Luigi Boccherini:
Quintet in D minor, Op. 45, No. 6
Quintet in E Flat Major Op. 45, No. 5
Quartet in A Major, Op. 33, No. 6
Quintet in A Major, Op. 45, No. 3

The Sequoia String Quartet
Yoko Matsuda - Violin
Miwako Watanabe - Violin
James Dunham - Alto
Robert Martin - Cello
and Allan Vogel - Oboe

Nonesuch D-79004. Digital recording. Record NM. Cover NM.

Boccherini - Quintets - Quartets. Sequoia String Quartet. Nonesuch D-79004. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 8.

The Netherlands String Quartet
HET NEDERLANDS STRIJKKWARTET
Das Niederländische Streichquartett

On the cover from left to right:

Nap de Klijn - Violin
Jaap Schröder - Violin
Paul Godwin - Alto
Carel van Leeuwen Boomkamp - Cello

Joseph Haydn:
String Quartet No. 38 in E flat Op. 33 No. 2
String Quartet No. 79 in D Major Op.76 No. 5

Original Artone recording - S 9505 Stereo. Record NM/M-. Cover EX+.

Dutch recording and pressing in the factory that later became the factory for CBS Records and Sony, in Haarlem, but is now independant and presses millions of discs each year.

Netherlands String Quartet - Haydn Nos. 38 & 76. Artone S 9505. Record NM/M-. Cover EX+. $ 14

Stephen Bishop - Allegri Quartet - Jack Brijmer, clarinet - Patrick Ireland, viola

Mozart - Stadler Quintet and Kegelstatt Trio (rec. 1970).

Bishop-Allegri-Brijmer-Ireland. Mozart Stadler & Kegelstatt. Philips 6500 073. Record and cover EX- to NM. $ 4.

François Couperin:

Trio Sonata for 2 violins and basso continuo, "Apothéose de Lully"

Concerto No. 14, "Les gouts réunies".

Zinovij Vinnikov (1st violin)
Michail Gantvarg (2nd violin)
Boris Pergamenshchikov (cello)
Anastasia Braudo (harpsichord)

Couperin - Dutch Melodiya issue 489.025, pressed in Germany. Record NM. Cover EX-. $7.

Gewandhaus Quartett Leipzig:

Gerhard Bosse, Karl Suske, Fritz Händschke, Alwin Bauer play Mozart's String Quartet K 387 on Opera 3174.

Gewandhaus-Quartett Leipzig - Bosse - Suske et al - Mozart K 387. Opera 3174 - Record EX to NM and Cover is the same $ 17.

Mozart: The 6 'Haydn' String Quartets

K 387, 421, 428, 458, 464, and 465.

The Juilliard String Quartet: Robert Mann and Earl Carlyss (violins), Samuel Rhodes (viola/alto), Joel Krosnick (cello).

CBS M# 37856. Issued in 1984. 3x LP in Box. Pressed at the CBS plant in Haarlem, Netherlands.

Mastered at the CBS Studio, New York, on the CBS Disc Computer System.

Records are NM. Box is NM. Inlay with liner notes in English, German and French.

Juilliard - Mozart Haydn Quartets - CBS M3 37856. 3xLP in Box. Records NM to M-. Box NM. 20.

Quartetto di Roma plays Johannes Brahms:

Piano Quartet No. 1, Op. 25 in G minor.

Ornella Puliti Santoliquido - Piano
Arrigo Pelliccia - Violin
Bruno Giuranna - Alto
Massimo Amphiheatroff - Violoncello

Deutsche Grammophon 138 014 SLPM. Side One: M-. Side Two: NM. Cover NM.

The recording was first published in January 1960 on the "Alle Hetsteller" label. The recording remained in the catalog until it was replaced by the Emil Gilels and the Amadeus Quartet recording in 1971. This is the "Made in Germany" edition from the mid 1960s..

Brahms-Op.25-Quartetto-di-Roma. Deutsche Grammophon 138 014SLPM. Record M- to NM. Cover NM. $ 12.

Brahms by Katchen, Suk and Starker

Julius Katchen, piano
Josef Suk, violin
Janos Starlker, cello

Piano Trio No. 1 in B Major, Op. 8
Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 101

Decca SDD 540 Ace of Diamonds. Record EX. Cover NM.

Brahms-Piano Trios 1 and 3. Katchen-Suk-Starker. DECCA SDD 540. Record EX. Cover NM. $ 9.

Original issue on 15 LP's with Tulip label of

THE COMPLETE CHAMBER MUSIC

of Johannes Brahms

Three Violin Sonatas
Two Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Clarinet Sonatas
Clarinet Quintet
Trio for Clarinet
Piano Trios
Piano Quartets
Piano Quintet
String Quintets

First issue in linen box of the famous complete edition - 15x LP Deutsche Grammophon Tulip label - of recordings made in the nineteen sixties.

This first issue is from 1968 as is indicated in the dead wax. The records are pressed from the original Deutsche Grammophon plates. Linen cloth box. The second edition had no tulip labels and the box was laminated.

Brahms Chamber Music - 15 LP Deutsche Grammophon 104 973-104 987 Records NM. Box NM. Book NM. $ 75.

Reissue in laminated box:

BRAHMS: COMPLETE CHAMBER MUSIC

Three Violin Sonatas
Two Sonatas for Cello and Piano
Clarinet Sonatas
Clarinet Quintet
Trio for Clarinet
Piano Trios
Piano Quartets
Piano Quintet
String Quintets

First issue in linen box of the famous complete edition - 15x LP Deutsche Grammophon Tulip label - of recordings made in the nineteen sixties.

This is the second edition of the original set from 1968. The records are pressed from the original Deutsche Grammophon plates. This edition has no tulip labels and the box is laminated.

Brahms Chamber Music - 15 LP Deutsche Grammophon 2563.384 to 2563.398. Records NM. Box close to NM. Book NM. $ 55.

Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet - Forellenquintett - Op. 114.

Alfred Brendel and members of The Cleveland Quartet - Donald Weilerstein (violin) - Martha Strongin Katz (viola) - Paul Katz (violoncello) - James van Demark (bass).

Originally issued as Philips 9500 442. This is the later release in the subscription series 'De Klassieken' (The Classics) with reference 6542 513. Liner notes in German, French and Dutch. Record NM. Cover NM.

Schubert - Trout Quintet - Brendel - Cleveland Quartet et al - Philips 6542 513 = 9500 442. Record and Cover NM. $ 8.

Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C Major, Op. 163 - D 956

Sandor Vegh - Violin
Sandor Zöldy - Violin
Georges Janzer - Alto
Paul Szabo - Violoncello
Pablo Casals - Violoncello

Live recording of Pau Casals performing with the Budapest String Quartet at the 1959 Prades Festival, recorded by Philips and first issued on 835 099, Hi-Fi Stereo label. A cherished performance to be kept in the catalog and therefore reissued by Philips in 1970 on 6500 153, pressed from the original 835 009 plates.

Philips 6500 153. French gatefold issue. Liner notes in French only. Record NM. Cover NM.

Casals-Budapest Qrt-.Schubert Str.Quintet D 956. Philips 6500 153. French issue. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 17.

Franz Schubert:

Trout Quintet - Forellenquintett - Op. 114.

Beaux Arts Trio - Menahem Pressler (Piano), Isidore Cohen (Violin), Bernard Greenhouse (Cello) - with Samuel Rhodes (Viola) and Georg Hòrtnagel (double Bass)

Dynamic and energizing performance, excellently captured by the Philips technicians in 1975 and published in 1976.

Philips 9500 071. Liner notes in English. Record NM. Cover NM.

Schubert-Trout Quintet-Beaux Arts Trio-Rhodes-Hörtnagel. Philips 9500 071. Record and Cover NM. $ 12.

Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet D 667
Quartettsatz Op. Posthumous D 703

Karl Engel - Piano and Drolc Quartet
Eduard Drolc (Violin) - Stefano Passagio (Alto) - Georg Donderer (Cello) - Georg Hörtnagel (Double Bass)

Eurodisc 63 742 - Special subscription issue. Record NM. Cover EX+. M.

Schubert Trout Quartetsatz - Engel - Drolc - Hörtnagel - Eurodisc 63 742 - DDA - Record NM. Cover EX+. $ 8.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
String Quintets Vol. 1
G minor K 516 and D major K 593

The Heutling String Quartet with Heinz Otto-Graf, second viola

EMI HQS 1120. First British pressing from 1967. Record NM. Cover NM.

Mozart - String Quintets 516 593 - Heutling Quartet - Otto-Graf. EMI HQS 1120. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 10.

Claude Debussy: Quartet in G Minor
Maurice Ravel: Quartet in F Major

The Parenin Quartet
Jacqus Parrenin (Violin)
Marcel Charpentier (Violin)
Dénes Marton (Viola)
Pierre Penassou (Cello)

EMI HQS 1231 from 1970. Record NM. Cover NM.

Parrenin - Debussy - Ravel Quartets. EMI HQS 1231. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 8.

Pinchas Zukerman - violin
Jacqueline Dupré - cello
Daniel Barenboim - piano
Gervase de Peyer - clarinet

Ludwig van Beethoven:

The Complete Piano Trios and the Trio for Piano, Violoncello and Clarinet with Gervase de Peyer.

German issue of the original English 5x LP box SLS 789 containing the recordings published in the years 1970 to 1974. The earliest were issued as individual ASD LPs.

EMI Electrola 1C 163-02 046/50. German issue. Records NM. Box NM. Book EX. Liner notes in German only as this was a set produced for the German market.

Beethoven Trios - Zukerman - Dupré - Barenboim - de Peyer. EMI Electrola 1C 163-02 046/50. Records NM. Box NM. Book EX. $ 39.

Elisabeth Leonskaja - piano - and the Alban Berg Quartet and Georg Hörtnagel - double bass.

Franz Schubert: Piano Quintet in A, "Trout". Recorded in 1985 and published the following year.

EMI 27 0371 1. Digital recording. Record NM. Cover NM.

Leonskaja - Alban Berg Quartet - Hörtnagel - Schubert Trout. EMI Dig. 27 0371 1. Record and Cover NM. $ 14.

Ludwig van Beethoven:

String Trios Complete + Trio for Flute, Violin and Alto

Opus 3, Opus 8, Opus 9 Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Opus 25

The Grumiaux Trio:
Artur Grumiaux - Violin
Georges Janzer - Viola
Eva Czako - Violoncello
and Maxence Larrieu - Flute

Philips SC 71 AX309. 3xLP in Box. Individual LPs: 802 895/896/897. Earliest pressing with labels with bold face font. Records NM. Box NM. Book NM. Liner notes in English, German and French.

Grumiaux Trio-Beethoven String Trios. Philips SC 71 AX309. 3x LP. Records NM. Box NM. Book NM. $ 28.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Complete Chamber Music for Flute: Sonata, Serenade, Nine Variations, Trio Concertant, Ten Variations, and Trio.

Jean-Pierre Rampal - flute
Christian Larde - flute
Alain Marion - flute
Robert Veyron -Lacroix - piano (Bechstein)
Paul Honge - bassoon

See for complete listing woodwind and brass.

Brahms by Katchen, Suk and Starker

Julius Katchen, piano
Josef Suk, violin
Janos Starlker, cello

Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87.

Sonata No. 2 for Cello and Piano in F Major, Op. 99

Decca SDD 541 Ace of Diamonds. Record NM. Cover NM. Also listed under Cello.

Brahms-Piano Trio 2. Cello Sonata No.2. Katchen-Suk-Starker. DECCA SDD 541. Record and cover NM. $ 8.

Orlando Quartet

Franz Schubert : String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810 - Death and the Maiden - Der Tod und das Mädchen - La jeune fille et la mort

Istvan Parkanyi (Violin)
Heinz Obderdorfer (Violin)
Ferdinand Erblich (Viola)
Stefan Metz (Violoncello)

Philips Digital Classics. Digital recording from September 1983 made in La Chaud de Fonds, Switzerland. 412 127-1 DDA. Record NM. Cover M-. Reviewer's copy.

Schubert-Orlando Quartet-Death and the Maiden. Philips 412 127-1 DDA. Record NM. Cover M-. $ 8.

Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 Nos. 1-6, Hob. III, 37-42 from 1781.

The Tatrai Quartet:
Vilmos Tatrai - Violin
Istvan Varkonyi - Violin
Georgy Konrad - Alto
Ede Banda - Violoncello

Hungaroton SLPX 11887-88-89. Liner notes in 16 pages booklet in Hungarian, English, German, and Russian. Records NM. Inlay M-. Box M-.

Tatrai Quartet-Haydn Op. 33 1-6. Hungaroton SLPX 11887-9. Records NM. Inlay and Box M-. $ 24.

Ludwig van Beethoven

Piano Trios Op. 1, Nos. 1 & 2

Beaux Arts Trio - Menahem Pressler (piano) - Isidore Cohen (violin) - Bernard Greenhouse (violoncello)

Philips 9500 988 - Analog recording from 1981. Record and Cover NM.

Beaux Arts Trio - Beethoven - Op.1, Nos. 1 & 2 - Philips 9500 988 - Record & Cover NM. $ 14.

The Beaux Arts Trio

Menahem Pressler - Piano
Isidore Cohen - Violin
Bernard Greenhouse - Violoncello

Johannes Brahms: The Piano Trios - Die Klaviertrios

Op. 8, 87, 101, and Op. posth.

Philips 416 838-1. Digital recording transferred to vinyl disc - 2x LP - DDA - from 1986.

Beautiful renderings and perfect sound recordings. Liner notes in English, German, French and Italian

Records NM. Cover NM.

Beaux Arts Trio - Brahms Piano Trios - Philips 416 838-1. Digital recording DDA from 1986. Records NM. Gatefold sleeve NM. $ 30.

Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major
Claude Debussy: String Quartet in G minor Op. 10

The Orford String Quartet: Andrew Davves (violin), Kenneth Perkins (violin), Terrence Helmer (viola), Marcel St. Cyr (cello)

Recording produced by London records in 1976 and issued in Great Britain in 1977 on Decca Ace of Diamonds label. Never issued in the SXL Series. Record and Cover NM.

Orford String Quartet - Ravel - Debussy. Decca Ace of Diamonds SDD 526. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 12.

Pepe Romero and the Academy of St.Martin-In-The-Fields' Chamber Ensemble

Iona Brown (violin), Malcolm Latchem (violin), Stephen Shingles (alto), Denis Vigay (cello), Tristan Fry (sistrum and castagnettes)

The Famous Fandango

Boccherini: Guitar Quintets Nos 4 and 5 and "La Ritirata di Madrid"

Philips 6833 267. Issue in the special subscription series "The Classics". Liner notes in French, German and Dutch. Perfect pressing. Record NM. Cover NM.

Also listed under Guitar

Boccherini - Guitar Quintets 4 and 5 - pepe Romero - AMF members. Philips 6833 267. Record and cover NM. $ 15.

Franz Schubert: String Quartet "Death and the Maiden" (Der Tod und das Mädchen) and String Quartet No. 12 (Quartettsatz)

Prague String Quartet / Prager Streichquartett

Bretislav Novotný, violin - Karel Pribyl, violin - Lubomír Malý, alto - Jan Circ, violoncello.

Original Supraphon recording made in Prague in September 1977 and issued here on German Eurodisc 200 440-366. Record NM. Cover NM (except for a very small cut out at the top right). Cover design by Manfred Vormstein.

Prague String Quartet - Novotny - Pribyk - Maly - Circ - Schubert Quartets Nos. 14 and 12. Eurodisc 200 440-366. Record and Cover NM. $ 24.

Daniel Barenboim - Piano
Pinzas Zukerman - Violin
Jacqueline Du Pre - Cello

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Piano Trio No. 7 - Archduke - Erzherzog
Piano Trio No. 8.

His Master's Voice German Gold Label C 063-02049. Record NM. Cover EX because of some decoloration of the back.

Barenboim - Zukerman - Du Pre - Archduke and No. 8. German HMV Gold label. C 063-02049. Early seventies. Record NM. Cover back EX. $ 12.

Franz Schubert:

Forellen-Quintett - Trout

Berlin String Quartet: Walter Olbertz, Piano - Karl Suske, Violin - Karl-Heinz Dommus, Viola - Matthias Pfaender, Violoncello - Walter Klier, Bass.

This is an original Eterna recording issued on the Fontana label when Philips had an agreement with VEB (Volkseigenes Betrieb) Deutsche Schallplatten, Berlin (German Democratic Republic).

Fontana 6530 013. Record and Cover NM.

Berlin String Quartet - Schubert - Trout - Fontana 6530 013. Record and Cover NM. $ 12.

Drolc Quartet

Haydn String Quartets Op. 78 Nos. 3 and 5

With original inner sleeve

Drolc Quartet - Haydn - German Columbia Blue label - Mono edition. Record Ex to NM. $ 8.

Young Sviatoslav Richter plays César Franck's Piano Quintet with Isaak Zhuk (first violin), Boris Veltman (second violin), Moritz Gurvich (viola) and Isaac Buravsky (cello).

Parlophone PMA 1042. Mono recording published January 1959. No stereo exists.

Record EX+. Cover M-.

Richter - Zhuk - Veltman - Gurvich - Buravsky - Franck Piano Quintet. Parlophone PMA 1042. Record EX+. Cover M-. $ 12.

Franz Schubert: Trout Quintet - Forellenquintett - Op. 114.

Alfred Brendel and members of The Cleveland Quartet - Donald Weilerstein (violin) - Martha Strongin Katz (viola) - Paul Katz (violoncello) - James van Demark (bass).

Strong performance, excellently recorded by the engineers in 1978. Philips 9500 442. Liner notes in German. Record NM. Cover NM.

Schubert - Trout Quintet - Brendel - Cleveland Quartet et al - Philips 9500 442 Record and Cover NM. $ 9.

Dmitri Shostakovitch: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 68.

The Borodin Quartet:
Rostislav Dubinski - Violin
Jaroslav Alexandrov - Violin
Dmitri Shebalin - Alto
Valentin Berlinski - Bass

Original Melodiya recording issued by Eterna (former GDR) Stereo 8 26 459. Published 1974. Cover Poor. Record NM!

Shostakovitch - Borodin Quartet. Eterna 8 26 459. Cover Poor. Record NM! $ 6.

Clifford Curzon and Members of The Vienna Octet play Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 114, 'The Trout'.

Clifford Curzon - Piano
Willy Boskowsky - Violin
Nikolaus Hübner - Cello
Günther Brettenbach - Viola
Johann Krump - Double Bass.

Decca SXL 2110 Wide Band Grooved - ED2. Record NM (Pristine). Cover NM.

Matrix numbers
ZAL-3835-2D
ZAL-3836-2E

Curzon - Vienna Octet Members - Schubert 'Trout' - Decca SXL 2110 WBg ED2 - Record and Cover NM. $ 75.

Vlach Quartet (Josef Vlach, Vlacav Snitil, Josef Kodousek, Viktor Moucka):

Maurice Ravel - String Quartet

Claude Debussy - String Quartet

Vlach Quartet - Ravel Debussy - Supraphon Mono SUA 10063. Record M-. Cover EX. $ 9.

Dmitiri Shostakovich
String Quartet No. 2, Op. 68

Gosudarstvenni String Quartet
Konstantin Vardeli - Tamaz Batiashvilli Nodar Zhvania, Otar Chubinashvili

Very well recorded. Analog Recording from 1986 !

Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 2 - Gosudarstvenni String Quartet - Melodiya C10 24481 008 - Direct Metal Mastering. Record NM. Cover M-. $15.

Vienna Octet play Mozart Divertimento No. 15 - Decca LXT 5112. Record NM. Cover M-. $ 12.

Dvorak - Kovacevich & Philharmonic Octet - Philips 6500 363 - Record NM - Cover M-. $ 9

Novak Quartet play the Six String Quartets of Béla Bartók - Philips Chamber Music Series - Kammermusiek Serie

Impressive performances by this Czech String Quartet published in 1968. Early "Bold Face Logo" pressings. 839 728 / 839 729 / 839 730

Recorded bij "VEB Deutsche Schallplatten" (Eterna), the company Philips had an agreement with. Philips recordings were published in the German Democratic Republic on Eterna. Eterna recordings were issued in the West on the Philips label.

You can buy individual records or the complete set.

Bartók - Novak - Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 - Philips 839 728 - Record EX. Cover NM. $ 9

Bartók - Novak - Quartets Nos. 3 and 4 - Philips 839 729 - Record NM. Cover M-. $ 14

Bartók - Novak - Quartets Nos. 5 and 6 - Philips 839 730 - Record NM. Cover NM. $ 14

The Borodin String Quartet plays Shostakovich Quartets Nos. 4 and 8

Mercury Living Presence - Philips issue on 130 540 MGY. Recording made in Russia (USSR - Sobiet Union) in 1962

Matrix numbers:
Side One: Philips 130 0540
Side Two: George Piros SR-90309

Shostakovich Quartets 4 and 8 Borodin Philips 130 540 MGY - Record and Cover NM - $14.

Claude Debussy String Quartet Op. 10 No. 1

Maurice Ravel String Quartet

Quartetto Italiano - Philips Chamber Music Series - Kammermusiek Serie - 835 361 LY

Quartetto Italiano - Debussy - Ravel Philips 835 361 LY - Record and Cover NM. $12.

Willem Pijper: Four String Quartets

Gaudeamus Quartet

Pijper - 4 String Quartets - Gaudeamus Quartet - Attacca Records - Babel 8419-4 - Digital recording (DDA) Record and Cover NM. No liner notes. $ 9.

Mozart Complete Quartets for Flute and Strings - K 285, 285a, 285b, 298 (1971)

Grumiaux Trio: Arthur Grumiaux, Violin - George Janzer - Viola, Eva Czako - Cello.

Mozart Flute Quartets - Grumiaux Trio Philips 6500 034. Record NM/EX. Cover NM. $ 7.

Beaux Arts Trio

Menahem Pressler (piano) - Isidore Cohen (violin) - Bernard Greenhouse (cello)

Bedrich Smetena: Piano
Trio in G mInor, Op. 15

Frederic Chopin: Piano Trio in G
minor, Op. 8.

Beaux Arts-Smetena and Chopin Trios-Philips 6500 133. British pressing. Record NM. Cover EX.

Beaux Arts Trio - Smetena and Chopin - Philips 6500 133. Record NM. Cover EX. $ 14.

Ingrid Haebler and members of the Bamberg Wind Quintet

Beethoven: Quintet in E Flat, Op. 16.

Mozart: Quintet in E Flat, K 425.

British pressing.

Haebler - Bamberg Wind Quintet. Philips 6500 326. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 15

Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Henryk Szeryng (violin) and Pierre Fournier (cello)

Schumann: Trio in D Minor, Op. 63

Rubinstein, Szeryng, Fournier. Schuman Trio. RCA LRLI 7529. Decca matrix from the time they had an agreement with RCA. British pressing. Recorded 1972. Record NM. Cover NM. $ 15

Dvorak: Piano Quintet Op. 81.

Peter Serkin (piano), Alexander Schneider (violin), Felix Galimir (violin) , Michael Tree (viola), David Soyer (cello).

Philips Stereo Favorites SGL 5863 (838 326 GY) - an original Vanguard recording. Pressed in Great Britain.

Dvorak Quintet - Serkin, Schneider, etc. Philips SGL 5863. British pressing. Record and cover EX to NM. $ 9.

Ingrid Haebler (piano) and members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Piano Quartets K 478 and 493 (rec. 1970).

Haebler Mozart Piano Quartets. Philips 6500 098. Record M-. Cover EX. $ 8.

Gewandhaus Quartett Leipzig (Gerhard Bosse, Karl Suske, Fritz Händschke, Alwin Bauer) play Mozart's String Quartet K 387 on Opera 3174.

Gewandhaus-Quartett Leipzig - Mozart K 387. Opera 3174 - Record EX to NM and Cover is the same (has some unobtrusive writing on front. $ 15.