Claude Debussy; Maurice Ravel - String Quartets (Budapest String Quartet)

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Composer: Claude Debussy; Maurice Ravel

• Debussy - String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10, L. 85
• Ravel - String Quartet in F Major, M. 35

Budapest String Quartet

    Joseph Roisman, violin

    Alexander Schneider, violin

    Boris Kroyt, viola

    Mischa Schneider, cello

Date: 1941 / 2025

Label: Archipel

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Founded in Budapest in 1917, the Budapest Quartet became one of the most internationally acclaimed chamber ensembles of the twentieth century. Initially composed of members of the Budapest Opera Orchestra, the group quickly gained recognition for its refined ensemble playing and expansive repertory, ranging from Mozart to Bartók and Kodály. Despite several personnel changes, the quartet flourished under the leadership of Joseph Roisman, eventually relocating to the United States in 1938. As quartet-in-residence at the Library of Congress and later at SUNY Buffalo, they produced influential recordings, particularly of Beethoven’s quartets. Active until 1967, the ensemble significantly elevated chamber music’s prominence worldwide.