It existed for only eight years, but in that short span, the New Music String Quartet “established standards of quartet playing which have only rarely been equaled since and which have never been surpassed” (Montreal Gazette, 1969). Beginning in 1950, the NMSQ made a celebrated series of recordings, but in spite of the impressive critical acclaim, they did not stay in the LP catalog for long. We have now collected a 10-CD set, making most of them available for the first time on CD! Learn more he

The Australian String Quartet play Tchaikovsky’s First String Quartet. Watch the full concert on ABC TV iview | ABC Classic