The String Quartets (1966)

Beethoven's string quartets were recorded twice by The Hungarian Quartet. This, the second version, features the following players - Cello – Gabor Magyar Viola – Denes Koromzay Violin – Michael Kuttner Violin – Zoltan Szekely Issued month-by-month by The Record Society from July 1968, in stereo only. It was reissued at least seven times, and also issued in New Zealand at least once (SRZ 6296 onwards - the catalogues had diverged, but not a great deal). Australian 1st pressing - dark brown labels, with volume number above the inner label ring Australian 2nd pressing - dark brown labels, with volume number within the inner label ring Australian 3rd pressing - light brown labels (the herald figure now white), with italics used for track titles Australian 4th pressing - light brown labels, with non-bold font used for the track titles Australian 5th pressing - light brown labels, with tall header font and all text in bold non-italic Australian 6th pressing - R- numbers on labels, textured sleeve (this may have changed part-way through the reissues, with overlap from laminated sleeves) Australian 7th pressing - R- numbers on labels, non-textured sleeve (with laminate strip or no laminate strip - this may have changed part-way through the reissues - or there may be an 8th pressing)