Ramiro Arguello wrote:

>I have all the String Quartets played by various ensembles.  But somehow I
>lost the middle and late quartets played by the Quartetto Italiano which
>was for my taste the best.

For the Beethoven String Quartets find any copies that are out there of the
Busch String Quartet.  They never recorded the entire cycle but everything
they did put down is mandatory listening.  No group got as close to the
music.

Peter Schenkman, Toronto, Canada