The String Quartet: Performers (S-Z)

Groups (A-C)

Groups (D-K)

Groups (L-R)

St Petersburg. Salomon. Samuel. Saulesco. Schneiderhan. Schönberg. Schubert. Schuppanzigh. Sequoia. Shanghai. Sharon. Shostakovich. Sibelius Academy. Jean Sibelius. Silesian. Sine Nomine. Skampa. Smetana. Smith. Smithson. Smithsonian Chamber Players. Sofia. Sonare. Sophisticated Ladies. Sorrel. Stamic. Stuyvesant. Suk. Takács. Talan. Tale. Talich. Tallinn. Taneyev. Tátrai. Tokyo. Travnicek. University of Brazilia. Vanbrugh. Varsovia. Végh. Vellinger. di Venezia. Verlaine. Vermeer. Vertavo. Via Nova. Vienna Konzerthaus. Vienna Musikverein. Vienna Philharmonia. Vienna Philharmonic. Vienna. Vlach. Vlach, Prague. Voces. Voces Intimae. Vogler. Weller. Westphal. Wilanow. New World. Yale. Yggdrasil. Ysaÿe. Zetterqvist.

St Petersburg Quartet

(1) Alla Aronovskaya
(2) Ilya Teplyakov
(3) Andrei Dogadin
(4) Leonid Shukaev

Salomon Quartet

(1) Simon Standage
(2) Micaela Comberti
(3) Trevor Jones
(4) Jennifer Ward Clarke

Recordings: +Haydn, Mozart
Samuel Quartet

Saulesco Quartet

<1975-
(1) Mircea Saulesco
(2) Martin Bylund
(3) Holger Hanson
(4) Åke Olofsson

Recordings: Verdi, Wikmanson
Schneiderhan Quartet (1937-1951); Austria

c1944-
(1) Wolfgang Schneiderhan
(2) O Strasser
(3) E Moravec
(4) R Krotschak

Schönberg Quartet

1985-
(1) Janneke van der Meer
(2) Wim de Jong
(3) Henk Guittart
(4) Hans Woudenberg

1992-
(4) Viola de Hoog

Schubert Quartet

(1) Florian Zwiauer
(2) Harvey Thurmer
(3) Hartmut Pascher
(4) Vincent Stadlmair

(2) Helge Rosenkranz

Schuppanzigh Quartet

Sequoia Quartet

(1) Yoko Matsuda
(2) Miwako Watanabe
(3) James Dunham
(4) Robert Martin

Shanghai Quartet

(1) WeiGang Li
(2) HongGang Li
(3) Zheng Wang
(4) James Wilson

(2) Yi-Wen Jiang
(3) HongGang Li

Sharon Quartet

(1) Gil Sharon
(2) Rodica-Daniela Ciocoiu
(3) Georg Haag
(4) Catalin Ilea-Meier

Shostakovich Quartet (<1974-); Russia

<1974-
(1) Andrei Shishlov
(2) Alexander Balashov
(3) Alexander Galkovsky
(4) Alexander Korchagin

c1976-
(2) Alexander Semyannikov

<1985-
(2) Sergei Pishugin

Recordings: *Shostakovich (80's), Glazunov (70's)
Sibelius Academy Quartet ; Finland

(1) Seppo Tukiainen
(2) Erkki Kantola
(3) Veikko Kosonen
(4) Arto Noras

Recordings: *Sibelius, *Kokkonen
Jean Sibelius Quartet ; Finland

(1) Yoshiko Arai
(2) Jaakko Vuornos
(3) Jouko Mansnerus
(4) Seppo Kimanen

(2) Jukka Pohjola
(3) Teemu Kupiainen

(3) Matti Hirvikangas

Recordings: *Sibelius, *Sallinen
Silesian Quartet

(1) Marek Mos
(2) Arkadiusz Kubica
(3) Lukasz Syrnicki
(4) Piotr Janosik

Sine Nomine Quartet

(1) Patrick Genet
(2) Francois Gottraux
(3) Nicolas Pache
(4) Marc Jaermann

Skampa (<1990-)

(1) Pavel Fischer
(2) Jana Luká~sová
(3) Radim Sedimidubský
(4) Joná~s Krej~cí

Recordings: Beethoven/Smetana/Dvo~rák
Smetana Quartet (1945-1989); Czech

(1) Ji~rí Novák
(2) Lubomír Kostecký
(3) Jaroslav Rybenský
(4) Antonín Kohout

1955-
(3) Milan ~Skampa

Recordings: Janá~cek, Dvo~rák, Smetana, Beethoven [Late] (60's)
Smith Quartet

(1) Steven Smith
(2) Clive Hughes
(3) Nic Pendlebury
(4) Sophie Harris

(1) Ian Humphries

Smithson Quartet

(1) Jaap Schroder
(2) Marylin McDonald
(3) Judson Griffin
(4) Kenneth Slowick

Recordings: Beethoven [Early]
Smithsonian Chamber Players

Sofia Quartet

Sonare Quartet

(1) Jacek Klimkiewicz
(2) Laurentius Bonitz
(3) Reiner Schmidt
(4) Eric Plumettaz

Recordings: +Hindemith, Mozart ['Early']
Sophisticated Ladies

(1) Ulrika Jansson
(2) Annette Mannheimer
(3) Mona Bengtsson
(4) Åsa Forsberg

Sorrel Quartet

(1) Gina McCormack
(2) Catherine Yates
(3) Vicci Wardman
(4) Helen Thatcher

Recordings: Britten
Stamic [Stamitz Quartet] (1985-); Czech

(1) Bohuslav Matou~sek
(2) Josef Kekula
(3) Jan Pe~ru~ska
(4) Vladimír Leixner

See also Dole~zal Quartet
Recordings: Ko~zeluh, *Dvo~rák, *Janá~cek, *Martinu
Stuyvesant Quartet

(1) Sylvan Shulman
(2) Bernard Robbins
(3) Ralph Hersh
(4) Alan Shulman

Suk Quartet

<1974-
(1) Antonín Novák
(2) Vojt~ech Jouza
(3) Karel Rehák
(4) Jan Stros

(1) Ivan Straus

Takács Quartet (1975-)

(1) Gábor Takács-Nagy
(2) Károly Schranz
(3) Gábor Ormai
(4) András Fejér

c1993-
(1) Edward Dusinberre
(3) Roger Schranz

Recordings: *Bartók, Schubert, Mozart ['Haydn']
Talan Quartet

(1) Vladimir Talanov
(2) Alexander Talanov
(3) Olga Bulakova
(4) Alexei Steblov

Tale Quartet

(1) Tale Olsson
(2) Patrik Swedrup
(3) Ingegerd Kierkegaard
(4) Helena Nilsson

Talich Quartet (1962-); Czech

(1) Jan Talich
(2) Joseph Suk
(3)
(4) Evzen Rattai

<1974-
(1) Petr Messiereur
(2) Jan Kvapil
(3) Jan Talich

Recordings: *Beethoven, Mozart ['Early']
Tallinn Quartet (<1995-); Estonia

(1) Urmas Vulp
(2) Toomas Nestor
(3) Viljar Kuusk
(4) Teet Järvi

Recordings: Tobias, Tüür/Tubin/Pärt
Taneyev Quartet

(1) Vladimir Ovcharek
(2) Grigory Lutsky
(3) Vissarion Solovyov
(4) Iosif Levinzon

Recordings: *Shostakovich, *Myaskovsky
Tátrai Quartet

(1) Vilmos Tátrai
(2) Mihály Szücs
(3) György Konrád
(4) Ede Banda

(2) István Várkonyi

Recordings: *Haydn, *Bartók
Tokyo Quartet (1969-)

1969-
(1) Koichiro Harada
(2) Yoshiko Nakura
(3) Kazuhide Isomura
(4) Sadao Harada

1974-
(2) Kikuei Ikeda

1981-
(1) Peter Oundjian

1997-
(1) Mikhail Kopelman

Recordings: *Beethoven, *Bartók, *Janá~cek, Schubert, Debussy/Ravel
Travnicek Quartet

(1) Alexander Jablokov
(2) Vit~ezslav Zavadilík
(3) Jan Jurík
(4) Antonín Gal

University of Brazilia Quartet

(1) Moysés Mandel
(2) Valeska Hadelich de Ferreira
(3) Johann Georg Scheuermann
(4) Antonio Guerra Vicente

Vanbrugh Quartet ; Ireland

1992-
(1) Gregory Ellis
(2) Elizabeth Charleson
(3) Simon Aspell
(4) Christopher Marwood

Varsovia Quartet

(1) Boguslaw Bruczkowski
(2) Krzystof Bruczkowski
(3) Artur Paciorkiewicz
(4) Wojciech Walasek

Végh Quartet

(1) Sandor Végh
(2) Sandor Zöldy
(3) Georges Janzer
(4) Paul Szabo

Recordings: *Beethoven (70s), *Bartók (72)
Vellinger Quartet (1990-)

(1) Stephanie Gonley
(2) Harvey de Sousa
(3) James Boyd
(4) Sally Pendlebury

Quartetto d'archi di Venezia (<1985-); Italy

(1) Andrea Vio
(2) Alberto Battiston
(3) Luca Morassutti
(4) Angelo Zanin

Recordings: Boccherini
Verlaine Quartet

Vermeer Quartet (1969-); USA

(1) Shmuel Ashkenasi
(2) Pierre Menard
(3) Bernard Zaslav
(4) Marc Johnson

<1991-
(3) Richard Young

<1995-
(2) Mathias Tacke

Recordings: *Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Haydn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky
Quartet-in-Residence: Northern Illinois University at DeKalb
Master Classes: Manchester, England
Vertavo ; Norway

(1) Elise Båtnes
(2) Berit Værnes
(3) Henninge Båtnes
(4) Bjørg Værnes

Recordings: Nielsen {Simax}
Via Nova Quartet

(1) Jean Mouillère
(2) Jean-Pierre Sabouret
(3) Claude Naveau
(4) Jean-Marie Gamard

(2) Alain Moglia
(4) Roland Pidoux

(2) Hervé Le Floch
(3) Gerard Caussé
(4) René Bénédetti

Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet (1934-)

(1) Anton Kamper
(2) Karl Maria Titze
(3) Erich Weis
(4) Franz Kvarda

(2) Phillip Matheis
(3) Ferdinand Stangler
(4) Werner Resel

(2) Werner Hink

Recordings: Haydn, Schmidt
Vienna Musikverein Quartet

<1976-
(1) Rainer Küchl
(2) Peter Wächter
(3) Peter Götzel
(4) Franz Bartolomey

<1985-
(2) Eckhard Seifert

1993-
(3) Heinz Koll

Note: Originally the 'Küchl Quartet'
Recordings: Beethoven, Mozart
Vienna Philharmonia Quartet (<1974-)

Vienna Philharmonic Quartet (-nla)

(1) Willi Boskovsky
(2) Otto Strasser
(3) Rudolf Streng
(4) Robert Scheiwein

(4) Emanuel Brabec

Vienna String Quartet (<1996-)

(1) Wolfgang Poduschka
(2) Peter Wächter
(3) Erich Kaufmann
(4) Franz Bartolomey

(1) Werner Hink
(2) Hubert Kroisamer
(3) Klaus Peisteiner
(4) Reinard Repp

Vlach Quartet

1950-
(1) Josef Vlach
(2) Václav Snítil
(3) Josef Kodóusek
(4) Viktor Mou~cka

Recordings: *Beethoven
Vlach Quartet, Prague [New Vlach Quartet]

(1) Jana Vlachová
(2) Ond~rej Kukal
(3) Petr Verner
(4) Mikael Ericsson

(2) Karel Stadtherr

Note: The leader is the daughter of Josef Vlach
Recordings: +Dvorák
Voces Quartet ; Romania

<1980-
(1) Bujor Prelipcean
(2) Anton Dogaru
(3) Gheorghe Haag
(4) Dan Prelipcean

(2) Anton Diaconu
(3) Constantin Stanciu

Recordings: *Arriaga, *Enescu
Voces Intimae Quartet ; Finland

(1) Jorma Rahkonen
(2) Ari Angervo
(3) Mauri Pietikäinen
(4) Veikko Höylä

Recordings: Liszt, Shostakovich #8
Vogler Quartet (1984-); Germany

(1) Tim Vogler
(2) Frank Reinecke
(3) Stefan Fehlandt
(4) Stephen Forck

Recordings: {RCA}; Brahms/Schumann, Debussy/Janá~cek/Shostakovich, Beethoven/Bartók, Berg/Verdi
Weller (1958-); Austria

(1) Walter Weller
(2) Alfred Starr
(3) Helmut Weiss
(4) Ludwig Beinl

<1971-
(4) Robert Scheiwein

Recordings: Berg, Shostakovich, Schubert, Haydn
Westphal Quartet (<1983-)

Wilanow Quartet

New World Quartet (1977-)

(1) Curtis Macomber
(2) Vahn Armstrong
(3) Benjamin Simon
(4) Ross Harbaugh

Quartet-in-Residence: Harvard
Recordings: Tcherepnin/Hidemith/Rósza/etc {Vox- 1978}, Brahms, Schubert, Ravel/Debussy {IMP}
Yale Quartet

Yggdrasil Quartet ; Sweden

(1) Fredrik Paulsson
(2) Per Oman
(3) Robert Westlund
(4) Per Nyström

Recordings: Leifs {BIS}
Quatuor Ysaÿe ; France

(1) Christophe Giovaninetti
(2) Luc-Marie Aguera
(3) Miguel da Silva
(4) Michel Poulet

Recordings: Mendelssohn
Zetterqvist Quartet

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St Petersburg Quartet
	(1) Alla Aronovskaya	(2) Ilya Teplyakov	(3) Andrei Dogadin	(4) Leonid Shukaev
Salomon Quartet
	(1) Simon Standage	(2) Micaela Comberti	(3) Trevor Jones	(4) Jennifer Ward Clarke
Recordings: +Haydn, Mozart
Samuel Quartet
Saulesco Quartet
<1975-	(1) Mircea Saulesco	(2) Martin Bylund	(3) Holger Hanson	(4) Åke Olofsson
Recordings: Verdi, Wikmanson
Schneiderhan Quartet (1937-1951); Austria
c1944-	(1) Wolfgang Schneiderhan	(2) O Strasser	(3) E Moravec	(4) R Krotschak
Schönberg Quartet
1985-	(1) Janneke van der Meer	(2) Wim de Jong	(3) Henk Guittart	(4) Hans Woudenberg
1992-				(4) Viola de Hoog
Schubert Quartet
	(1) Florian Zwiauer	(2) Harvey Thurmer	(3) Hartmut Pascher	(4) Vincent Stadlmair
		(2) Helge Rosenkranz
Schuppanzigh Quartet
Sequoia Quartet
	(1) Yoko Matsuda	(2) Miwako Watanabe	(3) James Dunham	(4) Robert Martin
Shanghai Quartet
	(1) WeiGang Li	(2) HongGang Li	(3) Zheng Wang	(4) James Wilson
		(2) Yi-Wen Jiang	(3) HongGang Li
Sharon Quartet
	(1) Gil Sharon	(2) Rodica-Daniela Ciocoiu	(3) Georg Haag	(4) Catalin Ilea-Meier
Shostakovich Quartet (<1974-); Russia
<1974-	(1) Andrei Shishlov	(2) Alexander Balashov	(3) Alexander Galkovsky	(4) Alexander Korchagin
c1976-		(2) Alexander Semyannikov
<1985-		(2) Sergei Pishugin
Recordings: Shostakovich (80's), Glazunov (70's)*
Sibelius Academy Quartet ; Finland
	(1) Seppo Tukiainen	(2) Erkki Kantola	(3) Veikko Kosonen	(4) Arto Noras
Recordings: Sibelius, Kokkonen
Jean Sibelius Quartet ; Finland
	(1) Yoshiko Arai	(2) Jaakko Vuornos	(3) Jouko Mansnerus	(4) Seppo Kimanen
		(2) Jukka Pohjola	(3) Teemu Kupiainen
			(3) Matti Hirvikangas
Recordings: Sibelius, Sallinen
Silesian Quartet
	(1) Marek Mos	(2) Arkadiusz Kubica	(3) Lukasz Syrnicki	(4) Piotr Janosik
Sine Nomine Quartet
	(1) Patrick Genet	(2) Francois Gottraux	(3) Nicolas Pache	(4) Marc Jaermann
Skampa (<1990-)
	(1) Pavel Fischer	(2) Jana Luká~sová	(3) Radim Sedimidubský	(4) Joná~s Krej~cí
Recordings: Beethoven/Smetana/Dvo~rák
Smetana Quartet (1945-1989); Czech
	(1) Ji~rí Novák	(2) Lubomír Kostecký	(3) Jaroslav Rybenský	(4) Antonín Kohout
1955-			(3) Milan ~Skampa
Recordings: Janá~cek, Dvo~rák, Smetana, Beethoven [Late] (60's)
Smith Quartet
	(1) Steven Smith	(2) Clive Hughes	(3) Nic Pendlebury	(4) Sophie Harris
	(1) Ian Humphries
Smithson Quartet
	(1) Jaap Schroder	(2) Marylin McDonald	(3) Judson Griffin	(4) Kenneth Slowick
Recordings: Beethoven [Early]
Smithsonian Chamber Players
Sofia Quartet
Sonare Quartet
	(1) Jacek Klimkiewicz	(2) Laurentius Bonitz	(3) Reiner Schmidt	(4) Eric Plumettaz
Recordings: +Hindemith, Mozart ['Early']
Sophisticated Ladies
	(1) Ulrika Jansson	(2) Annette Mannheimer	(3) Mona Bengtsson	(4) Åsa Forsberg
Sorrel Quartet
	(1) Gina McCormack	(2) Catherine Yates	(3) Vicci Wardman	(4) Helen Thatcher
Recordings: Britten
Stamic [Stamitz Quartet] (1985-); Czech
	(1) Bohuslav Matou~sek	(2) Josef Kekula	(3) Jan Pe~ru~ska	(4) Vladimír Leixner
See also Dole~zal Quartet Recordings: Ko~zeluh, Dvo~rák, Janá~cek, Martinu*
Stuyvesant Quartet
	(1) Sylvan Shulman	(2) Bernard Robbins	(3) Ralph Hersh	(4) Alan Shulman
Suk Quartet
<1974-	(1) Antonín Novák	(2) Vojt~ech Jouza	(3) Karel Rehák	(4) Jan Stros
	(1) Ivan Straus
Takács Quartet (1975-)
	(1) Gábor Takács-Nagy	(2) Károly Schranz	(3) Gábor Ormai	(4) András Fejér
c1993-	(1) Edward Dusinberre		(3) Roger Schranz
Recordings: Bartók, Schubert, Mozart ['Haydn']*
Talan Quartet
	(1) Vladimir Talanov	(2) Alexander Talanov	(3) Olga Bulakova	(4) Alexei Steblov
Tale Quartet
	(1) Tale Olsson	(2) Patrik Swedrup	(3) Ingegerd Kierkegaard	(4) Helena Nilsson
Talich Quartet (1962-); Czech
	(1) Jan Talich	(2) Joseph Suk	(3)	(4) Evzen Rattai
<1974-	(1) Petr Messiereur	(2) Jan Kvapil	(3) Jan Talich
Recordings: Beethoven, Mozart ['Early']*
Tallinn Quartet (<1995-); Estonia
	(1) Urmas Vulp	(2) Toomas Nestor	(3) Viljar Kuusk	(4) Teet Järvi
Recordings: Tobias, Tüür/Tubin/Pärt
Taneyev Quartet
	(1) Vladimir Ovcharek	(2) Grigory Lutsky	(3) Vissarion Solovyov	(4) Iosif Levinzon
Recordings: Shostakovich, Myaskovsky
Tátrai Quartet
	(1) Vilmos Tátrai	(2) Mihály Szücs	(3) György Konrád	(4) Ede Banda
		(2) István Várkonyi
Recordings: Haydn, Bartók
Tokyo Quartet (1969-)
1969-	(1) Koichiro Harada	(2) Yoshiko Nakura	(3) Kazuhide Isomura	(4) Sadao Harada
1974-		(2) Kikuei Ikeda
1981-	(1) Peter Oundjian
1997-	(1) Mikhail Kopelman
Recordings: Beethoven, Bartók, Janá~cek, Schubert, Debussy/Ravel*
Travnicek Quartet
	(1) Alexander Jablokov	(2) Vit~ezslav Zavadilík	(3) Jan Jurík	(4) Antonín Gal
University of Brazilia Quartet
	(1) Moysés Mandel	(2) Valeska Hadelich de Ferreira	(3) Johann Georg Scheuermann	(4) Antonio Guerra Vicente
Vanbrugh Quartet ; Ireland
1992-	(1) Gregory Ellis	(2) Elizabeth Charleson	(3) Simon Aspell	(4) Christopher Marwood
Varsovia Quartet
	(1) Boguslaw Bruczkowski	(2) Krzystof Bruczkowski	(3) Artur Paciorkiewicz	(4) Wojciech Walasek
Végh Quartet
	(1) Sandor Végh	(2) Sandor Zöldy	(3) Georges Janzer	(4) Paul Szabo
Recordings: Beethoven (70s), Bartók (72)
Vellinger Quartet (1990-)
	(1) Stephanie Gonley	(2) Harvey de Sousa	(3) James Boyd	(4) Sally Pendlebury
Quartetto d'archi di Venezia (<1985-); Italy
	(1) Andrea Vio	(2) Alberto Battiston	(3) Luca Morassutti	(4) Angelo Zanin
Recordings: Boccherini
Verlaine Quartet
Vermeer Quartet (1969-); USA
	(1) Shmuel Ashkenasi	(2) Pierre Menard	(3) Bernard Zaslav	(4) Marc Johnson
<1991-			(3) Richard Young
<1995-		(2) Mathias Tacke
Recordings: Beethoven, Schubert, Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Verdi, Haydn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky* Quartet-in-Residence: Northern Illinois University at DeKalb Master Classes: Manchester, England
Vertavo ; Norway
	(1) Elise Båtnes	(2) Berit Værnes	(3) Henninge Båtnes	(4) Bjørg Værnes
Recordings: Nielsen {Simax}
Via Nova Quartet
	(1) Jean Mouillère	(2) Jean-Pierre Sabouret	(3) Claude Naveau	(4) Jean-Marie Gamard
		(2) Alain Moglia		(4) Roland Pidoux
		(2) Hervé Le Floch	(3) Gerard Caussé	(4) René Bénédetti
Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet (1934-)
	(1) Anton Kamper	(2) Karl Maria Titze	(3) Erich Weis	(4) Franz Kvarda
		(2) Phillip Matheis	(3) Ferdinand Stangler	(4) Werner Resel
		(2) Werner Hink
Recordings: Haydn, Schmidt
Vienna Musikverein Quartet
<1976-	(1) Rainer Küchl	(2) Peter Wächter	(3) Peter Götzel	(4) Franz Bartolomey
<1985-		(2) Eckhard Seifert
1993-			(3) Heinz Koll
Note: Originally the 'Küchl Quartet' Recordings: Beethoven, Mozart
Vienna Philharmonia Quartet (<1974-)
Vienna Philharmonic Quartet (-nla)
	(1) Willi Boskovsky	(2) Otto Strasser	(3) Rudolf Streng	(4) Robert Scheiwein
				(4) Emanuel Brabec
Vienna String Quartet (<1996-)
	(1) Wolfgang Poduschka	(2) Peter Wächter	(3) Erich Kaufmann	(4) Franz Bartolomey
	(1) Werner Hink	(2) Hubert Kroisamer	(3) Klaus Peisteiner	(4) Reinard Repp
Vlach Quartet
1950-	(1) Josef Vlach	(2) Václav Snítil	(3) Josef Kodóusek	(4) Viktor Mou~cka
Recordings: Beethoven*
Vlach Quartet, Prague [New Vlach Quartet]
	(1) Jana Vlachová	(2) Ond~rej Kukal	(3) Petr Verner	(4) Mikael Ericsson
		(2) Karel Stadtherr
Note: The leader is the daughter of Josef Vlach Recordings: +Dvorák
Voces Quartet ; Romania
<1980-	(1) Bujor Prelipcean	(2) Anton Dogaru	(3) Gheorghe Haag	(4) Dan Prelipcean
		(2) Anton Diaconu	(3) Constantin Stanciu
Recordings: Arriaga, Enescu
Voces Intimae Quartet ; Finland
	(1) Jorma Rahkonen	(2) Ari Angervo	(3) Mauri Pietikäinen	(4) Veikko Höylä
Recordings: Liszt, Shostakovich #8
Vogler Quartet (1984-); Germany
	(1) Tim Vogler	(2) Frank Reinecke	(3) Stefan Fehlandt	(4) Stephen Forck
Recordings: {RCA}; Brahms/Schumann, Debussy/Janá~cek/Shostakovich, Beethoven/Bartók, Berg/Verdi
Weller (1958-); Austria
	(1) Walter Weller	(2) Alfred Starr	(3) Helmut Weiss	(4) Ludwig Beinl
<1971-				(4) Robert Scheiwein
Recordings: Berg, Shostakovich, Schubert, Haydn
Westphal Quartet (<1983-)
Wilanow Quartet
New World Quartet (1977-)
	(1) Curtis Macomber	(2) Vahn Armstrong	(3) Benjamin Simon	(4) Ross Harbaugh
Quartet-in-Residence: Harvard Recordings: Tcherepnin/Hidemith/Rósza/etc {Vox- 1978}, Brahms, Schubert, Ravel/Debussy {IMP}
Yale Quartet
Yggdrasil Quartet ; Sweden
	(1) Fredrik Paulsson	(2) Per Oman	(3) Robert Westlund	(4) Per Nyström
Recordings: Leifs {BIS}
Quatuor Ysaÿe ; France
	(1) Christophe Giovaninetti	(2) Luc-Marie Aguera	(3) Miguel da Silva	(4) Michel Poulet
Recordings: Mendelssohn
Zetterqvist Quartet