Budapest String Quartet / Complete Beethoven

The modern standard of performance in the Beethoven quartets was set by the Budapest String Quartet, wrote The New York Times.

One of the 20th centurys very finest chamber ensembles, the Budapest String Quartet recorded the complete Beethoven cycle three times first on 78s in the 1940s, then between 1951 and 1952 in mono, and later in stereo.

The 195152 cycle, which has acquired legendary status, is now reissued as a complete set, the first time that Sony Classical has published it in its entirety since the first issue.