Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Roth String Quartet - Haydn Op 20 #5, F minor, 3. Adagio

This "charming" recording can be found at The AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM) was established on 1 April 2004, supported by a 5-year grant of just under £1m from the Arts and Humanities Research Council. www.charm.kcl.ac.uk I had to stitch it together because the available downloads are divided randomly, usually in the middle of movements. Feri Roth, 1st violin -- 1899-1969 Jeno Antal, 2nd violin -- born 1900 Ferenc Molnár, viola -- born 1895 Janos Scholz, cello -- born 1903 The Roth Quartet was founded by Feri Roth in Budapest in 1922. The group enjoyed a successful début in Paris in 1924, then set off on a tour of Europe and Africa, and re-organised into the line-up featured on this recording in 1928. All were Hungarians from Budapest. By 1937 they had given 750 concerts. A write-up in 1937 in the Gramophone stated they had ben described as worthy successors to the Joachim and Flonzaley quartets. On an invitation from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge they undertook their first trip to the USA, at the Pittsfield (Massachusetts) Music Festival, following which they toured the USA, Canada and Mexico. Soon afterwards, because of the rise of fascism in Europe, they became permanent US residents. They gave concerts at the Library of Congress, and introduced many modern works to American audiences at concerts in New York and Washington. In 1937 the Roths joined the faculty of Westminster Choir College, Princeton University, New Jersey ...

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