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...releases of "historic performances" are a delight, and this one will remind listeners that the current conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra was no mean pianist in his day. George Szell essayed the dancing mysteries of Mozart with three members of the Budapest String Quartet (Mischa Schneider, Joseph Roismann and Boris Kroyt) in 1946; Szell's playing is sharply self-assured, setting a high-spirited pace for his excellent colleagues...
...change of date is the result of a shoulder injury suffered by Josef Roismann, first violinist, in an auto accident on a recent mid-west trip...
Budapest's secret lies in the magnificence of its 'cellist, Mischa Schneider. Neither Roismann nor Ortenberg, the two violinists, are the equal of others playing their instruments in other quartets, while Kroyt, on the viola, is not a Sander Roth. Through Schneider's excellence and intelligent rehearsal however, they achieve by far the best all over performances you are likely to hear. At Pierian's plebian prices, it is distinctly worth your while...
...with religious regularity, pausing occasionally for tea (see cut). All disputes about interpretation are put to a majority vote. On their long Pullman hops they are incessant poker and bridge players, winning and losing substantial sums among themselves. Their drinking habits, not nearly as blended as their tone, are: Roismann, tomato juice; Alexander Schneider, Burgundy; Kroyt, vodka; Mischa Schneider, milk...
...four, Roismann and Kroyt, are married; three have homes in Washington. The fourth, Alexander Schneider, keeps a bachelor apartment on Manhattan's swank Beekman Place. He cooks, makes pottery and prefers blondes...