Saturday, April 16, 2016


Haydn: Quartet in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5







I. Allegro moderato
II. Menuetto - Trio
III. Adagio
IV. Finale: Fugue a due Soggeto

Roth Quartet

Feri Roth, 1st Violin / Jeno Antal, 2nd Violin
Ferenc Molnár, Viola / Janos Scholz, Violoncello

(78rpm transfer; US Columbia, issued 1935)



















Monday, April 11, 2016

Franz Schubert: String Quintet in C major, Op. posth. 163, D. 956 (1828)











I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Adagio
III. Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Andante sostenuto
IV. Allegretto

Pro Arte Quartet
Alphonse Onnou, 1st violin / Laurent Halleux, 2nd violin
Germain Prevost, viola / Robert Maas, cello
Anthony Pini, 2nd cello


(78 rpm transfers; HMV, recorded 1935)



Saturday, April 9, 2016

Brahms

Sextet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 18 (1860) 
for Two Violins, Two Violas and Two Cellos

















I. Allegro ma non troppo
II. Andante, ma moderato
III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
IV. Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso

Pro Arte Quartet
Alphonse Onnou, 1st violin / Laurent Halleux, 2nd violin
Germain Prevost, viola / Alfred Hobday, 2nd viola
Robert Maas, cello / Anthony Pini, 2nd cello

(78rpm transfers; HMV, recorded March 8 - 9, 1935)