This recording of Beethoven's Op. 132 achieved literary fame by being featured in Aldous Huxley's 1928 novel, 'Point Counter Point'.
Performer Biography
The Léner Quartet was famous as the first ensemble to record a complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets.
Performer Biography
The Léner Quartet was coached by the great composer Leó Weiner at the Academy, and their ensemble was his first success as a chamber music guru.
Recording & Production
The Columbia Graphophone Company Limited, which recorded the Léner Quartet, marketed their new shellac compound records as 'Columbia New Process Records - the ONLY Records without Scratch'.
Performer Biography
Three members of the Léner Quartet were pupils of Jenő Hubay at the Ferenc Liszt Academy, and the cellist was a disciple of David Popper.
Cultural Impact
Virginia Woolf came to love Beethoven's late quartets after her husband, Leonard, acquired a gramophone and began reviewing records, influencing her 1930 novel 'The Waves'.
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