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Festetics Quartet
Hungarian string quartet
Formed in 1982
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The Festetics Quartet (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈfɛʃtɛtit͡ʃ]) are a string quartet from Budapest, Hungary.
The members are Istvan Kertesz, first violin; Erika Petoefi, second violin; Péter Ligeti, Kriszta Véghelyi, viola; and Rezső Pertorini, cello. The quartet uses period instruments, and is named after the Festetics family, founders of the famous Helikon music library. Its repertoire includes string quartets by Josef Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Franz Schubert.
The Festetics Quartet has recorded all of the Haydn string quartets, available on CD.
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Discography
Albums
- 1991 Les Derniers Quatuors = The Last String Quartets Op. 77 & 103
- 1991 Quatuors Op. 33 & 42
- 1993 Les quatuors pour le forte piano, violon, alto & violoncelle sur instruments d'èpoque
- 1993 Les Six Derniers Quatuors
- 1994 Die sieben letzten Worte unseres Erlösers - Les Sept Dernières Paroles du Christ
- 1995 Trois Quatuors Oeuvre 74
- 1997 Les quatuors oeuvres 75, 76 & 77
- 1999 Trois Quatuors Oeuvre 73 (opus 71)
- 1999 Les quatuors op. 9
- 2000 Les derniers quatuors sur instruments d’époque
- 2000 Les Quatuors Opus 17
- 2006 Cuartetos de cuerda
