Léner String Quartet - Mozart KV 465 (Col. 1545-8) 1923 - Free Audiobook

The **Léner String Quartet** from Hungary was founded in 1918 by Jenö Léner (24.06.1894 - 29.11.1948) and existed in its original line-up until 1941.

From 1942 onwards they played in varying line-ups until Jenö Léner's death in 1948.

One of the most famous quartets in the period between the two world wars, in the romantic tradition.

The quartet began making recordings in 1922. It is the first string quartet to make complete recordings of all Beethoven's string quartets, a project begun in 1926, due to Beethoven's 100th death anniversary in 1927.

The Léner String Quartet in the period 1918-1941:

Jenö Léner, first violin;

Jószef Smilovits, second violin;

Sándor Roth, viola;

Imre Hartmann, cello.

W.A. Mozart: String quartet no. 19 in C KV 465 "Dissonance Quartet":

00:00 1 adagio - allegro

08:25 2 andante cantabile

17:17 3 menuetto (allegretto) & trio

22:47 4 allegro molto 78rpm 30 cm: Columbia L 1545-1548

Matrix nrs.: AX 211-218

Recorded: 1923 11 07 (AX 211-214); 1923 11 08 (AX 215-218)