Commercial Recordings

Chronological

Quatuor Pro Arte: 1931–40

Each year and date is followed by day of the week: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat. Original issues are all 78 rpm; matrix numbers are listed first, followed by 78-rpm issues, then LP and CD reissues. HQS = Haydn Quartet Society. All recordings were made in London and are monophonic. In addition to commercial recordings, included are several recordings that were not completed and aborted.

Personnel: Alphonse Onnou, violin; Laurent Halleux, violin; Germain Prévost, viola; Robert Maas, cello.

1931: November 30 (Mon), Queen's Small Hall, Studio D JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809): Quartet in G Minor, op. 74, no. 3, “Rider” (Hob. III:74). 2B 2458–61; HMV set DB 1632–33; in HMV set HQS vol. 2, DB 1927–31; LP: in EMI set 2906043; CD: in Testament vol. I, SBT 3055; in Allegro vol. 2, 4012; in Enterprise/Strings QT 99–388, or Tactus TC 99388; in Gramofono AB 78 916.

1931: December 1 (Tue), Queen's Small Hall, Studio D JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809): Quartet in C Major, op. 33, no. 3, “Bird” (Hob. III: 39). 2B 2464–67; HMV set DB 1630–31; in HMV set HQS vol. 1, DB 1628–31; LP: in EMI set 2906043; CD: in Testament vol. 2, SBT 4056; in Allegro vol. 2, CDO 4012; in Enterprise/Strings QT 99–380.

1931: December 1–2 (Tue–Wed), Queen's Small Hall, Studio D JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809): Quartet in G Major, op. 77, no. 1 (Hob. III:81). 2B 2468–75; EMI set DB 1634–36; in HMV set HQS vol. 2I, DB 2159–65, or Victor set M 525; LP: in HMV set 2906043; CD: in Testament vol. 2, SBT 4056; in Enterprise/Strings QT 99–370.

1931: December 2 (Wed), Queen's Small Hall, Studio D JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809): Quartet in C Major, op. 20, no. 2 (Hob. III:32). 2B 2476–79; HMV set DB 1628–29; in HMV set HQS vol. 1, DB 1628–31; LP: in EMI set 2906043; CD: in Testament vol. 1, SBT 3055; in Allegro vol. 1, CDO 4011; in Enterprise/Strings QT 99–386.