The Tatrai Quartet ( Hungarian Tátrai Vonósnégyes ) is a Hungarian string quartet that operated from 1946 to 1994 . It was founded by violinist Vilmos Tatrai and, as a modern specialist notes, filled a gap in Hungarian music life, which was formed as a result of the emigration of participants from leading Hungarian pre-war quartets: the Waldbauer-Kerpei Quartet and the Sandor Vega Quartet [1] .
Known for one of the most complete and most inspired recordings of Haydn’s quartets, as well as of all Ludwig van Beethoven’s quartets (a reviewer of the Gramophone magazine, noting the advantage of the Tatra Quartet's interpretation over the version of the Budapest quartet , notes: “they capture Beethoven’s lengthy phrases with laid-back ease” [2] ) Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodai . The last concert of the quartet took place on January 10, 1994.
Composition
First violin:
- Vilmosh Tatrai
Second fiddle:
- Albert Renyi
- Mihai Syuch (since 1955 )
- Istvan Varkony
Alto:
- Jozsef Ivany
- György Conrad
Cello:
- Vera Denesh ( 1946 - 1952 )
- Ede Banda (since 1952 )
Notes
- ↑ Breuer János. “Érted haragszom ...”: Tátrai Vilmos születésnapjára // Muzsika, 1997 október (Hungarian)
- ↑ BEETHOVEN. String Quartet No. 12 in E flat major, Op. 127. Tátrai Quartet (unreachable link) // Gramophone, July 1966, Page 45. (eng.)