Tokyo String Quartet

David Hurwitz

One of the problems with recommending reference recordings for composers […]

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David Hurwitz

This set, alongside the Tokyo String Quartet’s Haydn Op. 20 and Op. 76 (both long unavailable), comprises some of the finest Haydn quartet playing in

David Hurwitz

These are very beautiful performances. The Tokyo Quartet recorded a Beethoven cycle for RCA in 2000, but those recordings are out of print, and a

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