BEETHOVEN

String Quintet in C; Piano Quartet in E flat; Grosse Fuge

Budapest Quartet; Walter Trampler (viola), Mieczys√aw Horszowski (piano) Praga Digitals PRD 250 381 (1961-65) 74:17 mins By the 1960s when these recordings were made, the Budapest Quartet was no longer the highprecision outfit of yore, yet their soaring musical intensity still grips the imagination.