Orlando Quartet

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Active until 1997 Genre Classical		Active from 1976

Members Heinz Oberdorfer, Stefan Metz, Ferdinand Erblich, István Párkányi, Arvid Engegård, John Harding Albums Debussy/Ravel: String Quartets Similar Nobuko Imai, Heinz Holliger, Antonín Dvořák, Franz Schubert, Felix Mendelssohn

The Orlando Quartet was a classical music string quartet based in Amsterdam, formed in 1976 and active until 1997.

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Members

First violin:

Istvan Parkanyi, of Hungary, (born in Leipzig, Germany), (1976–1984)

John Harding, born in Australia, (1985–1990)

Arvid Engegård, of Norway, (1991–1997)

Second violin:

Heinz Oberdorfer, of Germany

Viola:

Ferdinand Erblich, of Austria

Cello:

Stefan Metz, of Romania

Successor

In 1998, Istvan Parkanyi, Heinz Oberdorfer, Ferdinand Erblich and cellist Michael Müller formed the Parkanyi Quartet.

Discography

The Orlando Quartet released albums of works by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Debussy and Ravel.

Songs

Dvorák: String Quartet No12 in F major - Op96 - "American" B179 - 4 FinaleDvořák: String Quartet in F - op 96 “American” / Mendelssohn: String Quartet no 1 in E-flat - op 12 · 1981
3 MenuettoMozart: String Quartets Nos 21 & 22 · 1986
2 AdagioMozart: Oboe Quartet; Divertimento No 11; Adagio In C; Nannerl-Septett · 1985

References

Orlando Quartet Wikipedia

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