The Budapest String Quartet played three entirely different types of quartets in Sanders Theater yesterday afternoon, and when the program was over, it played Schubert's Quartet Movement in C minor as ...

Among the key pieces of the classical-music repertoire Beethoven's string quartets. Recordings by the Budapest Quartet are essential to critic... Budapest Quartet Gets To The Heart Of Beethoven The ...

Now that the Budapest String Quartet has retired, who takes its place as the world’s master of chamber music? In Europe, the Quartette Italiano and the Amadeus Quartet are perhaps the best examples of ...

The high, delicate, exacting art of chamber music has no finer practitioners today than the Budapest String Quartet. Last week, deep in one of their busiest seasons, the Quartet was in Manhattan, ...

The Budapest String Quartet has always been my standard-bearer for chamber music. I grew up listening to their recordings, and especially admired not only their gorgeous sound, but also the uncanny ...

The Budapest set the standard for mid-20th-century chamber ensembles. It toured Europe, the Middle East and the United States extensively. After World War II, its players took advantage of the new ...

Among the most central pieces of the classical-music repertoire are the 16 string quartets Beethoven composed over the course of his career. For critic Lloyd Schwartz, these quartets, especially as ...