cycle of Beethoven Quartets live at Suntory Hall, Tokyo. Repertoire As per the brochure published by F.C Schang 3rd c. 1948, the Quartet’s repertoire included the following pieces at that time: Ahrendt—Quartet Babin—Quartet Bach—excerpts from The Art of the Fugue Barber—Opus 11 Bartók—Quartets nos. 1, 2, 6 Beethoven—Entire cycle of 16 quartets Bloch—Quartet no. 2 Brahms—Opus 51, nos.1, 2; Opus 67 Britten—Quartet no. 2 Debussy—Quartet Opus 10 in G minor Delerue—Quartet Dittersdorf—Quartet in E flat major Dvořák—American Quartet Opus 96 Francaix—Quartet Franck—Quartet in D major Fuerstner—Divertimento Haydn—30 famous quartets Hindemith—Quartet no. 3 Opus 22 Jacobi—Quartet no. 3 Mendelssohn—Opus 12 Milhaud—Quartets no. 4, 7 & 15 Mozart—10 famous quartets Piston—Quartet no. 2 Rathaus—Quartet no. 4 Ravel—Quartet in F major Robertson—American Serenade Schubert—Opus 29 in A minor; Quartet no. 14, Opus 125 no. 1 (“Death and the Maiden”) Schumann—3 Quartets Opus 41 Shostakovich—Quartet no. 1 Stravinsky—Concertino, Three Pieces Toch—Opus 18 Verdi—Quartet in e minor Vivaldi—L’Estro Armonico (arr. string quartet) Reviews Harold C. Schonberg wrote about the Paganini Quartet's Beethoven recordings in "The Guide to Long-Playing Records: Chamber and Solo Instrument Music" in 1955: "One thing this quartet does have, and that is tone... it never lost its juicy sound. The performances always have taste..." Alfred Frankenstein of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “Perhaps never before has one heard a string quartet with so rich, mellow and superbly polished a tone.” In Paris, L’Illustration wrote, “The Paganini Quartet thrilled Paris.” Discography The Paganini Quartet recorded copiously on 33, 45 and 78 rpm format records, as well as a few reel-to-reel tape releases. A summary of these in-studio recordings includes, by label: RCA Victor: Beethoven Quartets nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15 and 16 (these were remastered and reissued on CDs in 2012 by United Archives) Debussy Quartet in G minor. Fauré Piano Quartet no. 1 (with Artur Rubinstein) Selected movements from quartets by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and Dvořák Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat (with Artur Rubinstein) Verdi Quartet in E minor Ravel Quartet in F For a list of the Paganini Quartet's 78rpm Victor Musical Masterpiece sets see - http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/indexsearch/blog/paganini-quartet-and-the.html Concert-Disc: Brahms Piano Quintet in F (with Ralph Votapek) Decca: Ginastera Quartet no. 1 Lajhta Quartet no. 7 op. 49 KAPP: Haydn Quartet in C (“Emperor”) Mozart Quartet in C, K. 465 (“Dissonant”) Debussy Quartet in g minor Ravel Quartet in F Liberty: