KODALY QUARTET

Attila Falvay, violin
Erika Tóth, violin
János Féjervári, viola
György Éder, cello

The Kodály Quartet, formed in Budapest in 1966 when its original members met as students at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, has continued to exemplify the greatest standards of the rich Hungarian musical tradition that it has carried on with such extraordinary distinction throughout the world during over four decades of international appearances.

The Kodály Quartet has toured almost every European country, the United States, Central and South America, the Far East, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard classical repertoire, the Quartet regularly performs works written by Hungarian composers such as Kodály, Bartók, Dohnányi and others. In recognition of its achievements the Kodály Quartet has received the Ferenc Liszt Award (1970), Artist of Merit of the Hungarian Republic (1990) and the Bartók-Pasztory Award (1996).

International critics have been lavish with their praise for the Kodály Quartet’s numerous (over fifty) recordings, including the monumental undertaking of the highly acclaimed complete cycles of Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert for Naxos. The Quartet was also honoured with Classic CD magazine’s Award for the best release of 1993 in the chamber music category (Haydn String Quartets Op. 64). For Naxos and Marco Polo the Kodály Quartet has recorded the complete string quartets of Beethoven, Haydn and Schubert and also quartets and quintets by d’Indy, Ravel, Debussy, Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Bartók. The Quartet’s recording of the Opus 76 Haydn Quartets gained them a Penguin Guide Rosette.

When the Haydn quartet cycle began, the members of the quartet were first violinist Attila Falvay, second violinist Tamás Szabó, viola player Gábor Fias and cellist János Devich. The last three of these were formerly in the Sebestyén Quartet, which was awarded the jury’s special diploma at the 1966 Geneva International Quartet Competition and won first prize at the 1968 Leo Weiner Quartet Competition in Budapest. Since 1971 the quartet has been known as the Kodály Quartet, a title adopted with the approval of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education. Second violinist Erika Tóth joined the Kodály String Quartet in June 2005.

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Haydn’s death (2009), the Kodály Quartet’s recordings of his Complete String Quartets has been released as a 25-CD Box Set (8.502400) to renewed critical acclaim.

For more information, please visit www.kodalyquartet.com.

Albums featuring this artist are available for download from ClassicsOnline.com
101 CLASSICS - The Best Loved Classical Melodies	8.508004
21ST CENTURY CINEMA CLASSICS	8.556698
A TO Z OF CLASSICAL MUSIC (The) (3rd Expanded Edition, 2009)	8.558212-13
Art & Music: Goya - Music of His Time	8.558178
Art & Music: Manet - Music of His Time	8.558117
Art & Music: Turner - Music of His Time	8.558116
AUDIO REFERENCE - 24K	8.550481G
BARTOK: Rhapsodies Nos. 1 and 2 / Piano Quintet	8.550886
BEETHOVEN (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552105-06
BEETHOVEN FOR MEDITATION	8.570905
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet, Op. 130 / Grosse Fuge, Op. 133	8.554593
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 132 and H. 34	8.554592
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 18, Nos. 1 and 2	8.550558
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 18, Nos. 3 and 4	8.550559
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 18, Nos. 5 and 6	8.550560
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 59, No. 1, 'Rasumovsky' and Op. 95, 'Serioso'	8.554181
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 59, No. 2, 'Rasumovsky' and Op. 74, 'Harp'	8.550562
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets Op. 59, No. 3, 'Rasumovsky' and Op. 127	8.550563
BEETHOVEN: String Quartets, Opp. 135 and 131	8.554594
BERCEUSE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556610
BEST OF NAXOS 3	8.550003
BEST OF NAXOS 4	8.550004
BEST OF NAXOS 5	8.550005
BEST OF NAXOS 7	8.550007
BEST OF NAXOS 9 (THE)	8.551202
BRIDE'S GUIDE TO WEDDING MUSIC (A)	8.503134
BURGER, G.A.: Munchhausens Abenteuer zur See	NHB10352
CAFE CLASSICS (AUSTRALIA ONLY)	8.555258-59
Chamber Music (Romantic 19th Century) - SCHUBERT, F. / WEBER, C.M. von / SPOHR, L. / BRAHMS, J. / GRIEG, E. / SCHUMANN, R. / BOCCHERINI, L.	C49010
CHAMBER MUSIC FAVOURITES	8.554429
CHILL WITH DEBUSSY	8.556788
CHILL WITH RAVEL	8.556789
CHILL WITH SCHUBERT	8.556791
CINEMA CLASSICS 1999	8.551183
CINEMA CLASSICS 2005	8.556814
CINEMA CLASSICS, Vol. 12	8.556632
CLAIR DE LUNE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556601
CLASSIC MASTERWORKS - Joseph Haydn	C49026
CLASSICAL BLISS	8.578053
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 1: Classical Music to Wake Up to	8.555357
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 5: Classical Music to Dine to	8.555361
Classical Music Start-Up Kit, Vol. 2: 1825-1945	8.550835
Classics at the Movies: Romance	8.556804
Classics at the Movies: Sci-Fi	8.556801
DAUTHENDEY, M.: Gesichter am Biwa-See	NHB20122
DEBUSSY (THE BEST OF)	8.556663
DEBUSSY (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552127-28
DEBUSSY : The Best Of Debussy	8.551113
DEBUSSY: String Quartet No. 1 / RAVEL: String Quartet in F / Introduction and Allegro	8.550249
DISCOVER CHAMBER MUSIC	8.558206-07
Discover Music of the Classical Era	8.558180-81
Discover Music of the Romantic Era	8.558155-56
EASTER ALBUM (AN)	8.570175-76
Family Symphony	8.557479DX
HAYDN (THE BEST OF)	8.556668
HAYDN, F.J.: String Quartets Nos. 5-8 (Kodaly Quartet)	8.550399
HAYDN, F.J.: Symphonies / Concertos / String Quartets / The Creation (Masterpieces)	C49520
HAYDN: String Quartets Nos. 23, 24 and 27, 'Sun Quartets'	8.550702
HAYDN: String Quartets Nos. 36-38	8.553983
HAYDN: String Quartets Nos. 5, 36 and 62	8.571035
HAYDN: String Quartets Nos. 61-63	8.550129
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 1, Nos. 1- 4	8.550398
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 17, Nos. 1, 2 and 4	8.550853
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 17, Nos. 3, 5 and 6	8.550854
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 2, Nos. 3 and 5 / Op. 3, Nos. 1-2	8.555703
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 20, Nos. 1- 3, 'Sun Quartets'	8.550701
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 3, Nos. 3 - 6	8.555704
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 33, Nos. 1, 2 and 5	8.550788
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 33, Nos. 3, 4 and 6	8.550789
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 42 and Op. 2, Nos 4 and 6	8.550732
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 50, Nos. 4 - 6, 'Prussian'	8.553984
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 54, Nos. 1- 3	8.550395
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 55, Nos. 1 - 3	8.550397
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 64, Nos. 1- 3	8.550673
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 64, Nos. 4 - 6	8.550674
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 71, Apponyi Quartets	8.550394
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 74, Nos. 1- 3	8.550396
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 76, Nos. 1- 3	8.550314
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 76, Nos. 4 - 6	8.550315
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 77, Nos. 1- 2	8.553146
HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 9, Nos. 2, 5 and 6	8.550787
HAYDN: String Quartets Opp. 103 and 51, '7 Last Words of Jesus Christ'	8.550346
HAYDN: String Quartets, Op. 9, Nos. 1, 3 and 4	8.550786
HAYDN: The Best of Haydn	8.551118
INDY: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2	8.223140
KLEIST, H. von: Marquise von O… (Die) / Das Bettelweib von Locarno	NHB20302
LIEBESLEID - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556615
Lunga Bla Timmar (Blue Hours)	8.503024
MCCLEERY, D.: Discover Music of the Romantic Era (Unabridged)	NA495212
MEDITATION	8.571075
MEDITATION - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556614
MENDELSSOHN / BRUCH: String Octets	8.557270
MOZART (THE BEST OF)	8.556653
MOZART: Genius of Mozart (The)	8.570116
MOZART: Oboe Quartet, K. 370 / Horn Quintet, K. 407 / A Musical Joke, K. 522	8.550437
Music for Kids CD 8: Music from Planet Earth	8.558021
MUSICAL JOURNEY (A) - VIENNA: A Musical Tour of the City's Past and Present (NTSC)	2.110502
NAXOS 15TH ANNIVERSARY CD	8.555964
NIGHT MUSIC 1	8.556815
NIGHT MUSIC 2	8.556816
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 1	8.551121
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 3	8.551123
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 10	8.556824
NIGHT MUSIC, VOL. 8	8.556822
PASTORALE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556608
PAVANE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556603
RAVEL (THE BEST OF)	8.556673
RAVEL (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552125-26
REJOICE - A Vision of Christ Through Music	8.570980
RHAPSODY - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556617
ROMANZA - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556618
Sanctus: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556704
SARABANDE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556613
SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet in A major, "Trout" / String Quartet No. 12, "Quartettsatz"	8.571101
SCHUBERT: Piano Quintet, D. 667 / String Trio, D. 581	8.553255
SCHUBERT: Romantic Schubert (The)	8.552215
SCHUBERT: Romantic Schubert (The)	8.570080
SCHUBERT: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 1	8.550590
SCHUBERT: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 2	8.550591
SCHUBERT: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 3	8.550592
SCHUBERT: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 4	8.555921
SCHUBERT: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 5	8.557107
SCHUBERT: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 6	8.557125
SCHUBERT: String Quartets (Complete), Vol. 7	8.557126
SCHUBERT: Trout Quintet / Adagio and Rondo Concertante	8.550658
SCHUMANN : Best of Schumann (The)	8.551112
SCHUMANN, R. (THE BEST OF)	8.556662
SCHUMANN, R. / BRAHMS: Piano Quintets	8.550406
SERENADE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556619
SKONA GRONA DAGAR (BEAUTIFUL GREEN DAYS)	8.503068
Ten Years Of Success	8.554103
THE ART OF KODALY QUARTET (DISC I/II)	8.554910-11DX
THE BEST OF HAYDN	8.551118DX
TONER TILL TROST (Music for Comfort)	8.503158
VARMA RODA STUNDER - Romantisk Klassisk Musik (Warm Red Hours - Romantic Classical Music) (3CD set)	8.503038
VOCALISE - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556602
ZAUBER DER OBOE (The Magic of the Oboe)	8.571108