The selection contains pieces previously unreleased in recordings by the Végh Quartet.

Sandor Vegh founded the Végh Quartet in 1940. The second violin was played by Sandor Zoldy, with Gyorgy Janzer on the viola, and Pal Szabo on the cello. They entered the Geneva International Music Competition in 1946. The jury were unanimous in awarding the first prize to the Vegh Quartet; this victory set the Vegh Quartet on their path to a global career. All outstanding musicians in their own right, Sandor Vegh, Sandor Zoldy, Gyorgy Janzer, and Pal Szabo played together for nigh on forty years, and all the while the quartet was at the cutting edge of the music world.
In the selection of the pieces on this album a main intention was to make accessible as many works as possible previously unreleased in recordings by the Végh Quartet. (Further recordings by the Vegh quartet will be found also on the forthcoming two more double CDs 'Vegh - The Chamber Musician' BMCCD262, and 'Vegh in his Mother Tongue' BMCCD263 to be released kin August and in autumn 2018). A similarly important aim was that the choice of pieces should reflect the simultaneous presence of traditions and modernity in Vegh's art. With this in mind, the discs feature Beethoven's String Quartet No.4 in C minor, along with works by contemporary composers, including a defining piece of the 20th century, Berg's Lyric Suite, but we also find rarely heard string quartets, thus demonstrating how varied the repertoire the Vegh Quartet considered worthwhile recording.

Track Listing

• String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 - I. Allegro ma non tanto
• String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 - II. Scherzo. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
• String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 - III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
• String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 - IV. Allegro - Prestissimo
• String Quartet No. 2 - I. Moderato
• String Quartet No. 2 - II. Presto - Moderato - Allegro molto - Meno mosso - Allegro molto
• String Quartet No. 2 - III. Andante
• String Quartet No. 2 - IV. Allegro molto - Passacaglia - Fuga - Epilogue
• String Quartet, Op. 11 - I. Molto allegro e appassionato
• String Quartet, Op. 11 - II. Molto adagio
• String Quartet, Op. 11 - III. Molto allegro

• String Quartett No. 2, H 103 - I. Allegro
• String Quartett No. 2, H 103 - II. Adagio
• String Quartett No. 2, H 103 - III. Allegro marcato
• String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 - I. Allegro
• String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 - II. Allegretto grazioso
• String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 - III. Andante con variazioni
• String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13 - IV. Vivo
• Lyrische Suite - I. Allegretto gioviale
• Lyrische Suite - II. Andante amoroso
• Lyrische Suite - III. Allegro misterioso - Trio estatico
• Lyrische Suite - IV. Adagio appassionato
• Lyrische Suite - V. Presto delirando - Tenebroso
• Lyrische Suite - VI. Largo desolato

Additional Details

Label: BMC Records

Genre: Classical

Language: English

Run Time: 151:10 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/22/18

UPC: 5998309302619