Description

BORIS KROYT (BORN BENZION JOSEPH ABRAMOVICH KROYT, ENGLISH:  BORIS KROYT; JUNE 23, 1897, ODESSA – NOVEMBER 15, 1969, NEW YORK) WAS A GERMAN – AMERICAN VIOLINIST AND VIOLIST OF RUSSIAN ORIGIN.

 

 

 

 

Benzion Kroyt was born on June 10 (Old Style), 1897, in Odessa, to the family of the Olyk tradesman Joseph-Abram Moshkovich Kroyt and Tzipa Kroyt. He had a younger brother, Meer-Itzhak (born in 1902). Kroyt made his debut as a violinist at the age of nine.

At the age of ten, he was sent to Berlin to continue his musical education at the Stern Conservatory, where he studied with Alexander Fidelman, as well as Pavel Yuon and Wilhelm Klatte. At twelve, he made his debut as a violist, replacing a departing player in his teacher’s string quartet.

From 1912 onward, Kroyt toured as both a soloist and an ensemble musician. Between 1924 and 1936, he led his own string quartet and also performed and recorded in a piano trio with Karol Schröter and Arnold Földessy.

In 1936, he joined the renowned Budapest Quartet and, like the other members of the ensemble, settled in the United States from 1937. His work with the Budapest Quartet formed the core of Kroyt’s musical career, though he also made numerous other chamber recordings, including one with pianist Arthur Balsam.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Frühlingslied (Mendelssohn) with Arnold Földesy, cello; Karol Szreter, piano Odeon AA-79537 xxB 7000
2. Meditation über das 1. Präludium Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) with Arnold Földesy (cello) and Otto Müller (harfe) Odeon AA 79542 xxB 6997
3. Serenade (A. Oelschlegel) with Arnold Földesy, cello; Otto Müller, Harfe Odeon AA 79547 xxB 6996
4. Träumerei (Schubert) with Arnold Foldesy (cello) and Karol Szreter (piano) Odeon-AA 79538 mx XXR 7001
5. Kroyt Trio Piano Trio in d minor Op.32 (Arensky) III. Elegia. Adagio [abridged] II. Scherzo. Allegro molto [abridged] with Greor Piatigorsky (cello) and Karol Szreter (piano) Vox 06141 1483½ A, 1484½ A November 1923, Voxhaus, Berlin

The “German” Guarneri Quartet

Members:

Daniel Karpilowsky – first violin

Mauritz Stromfeld – second violin

Boris Kroyt – viola

Walter Lutz – cello

Polydor 95320 – B 29322/1

Matrix: 115/4 BV VI

1. A. Mozart:String Quartet in G major, KV 387
2. Minuet
3. Finale: Molto allegro

Polydor 95321 – B 29323/4

Matrix: 116/7 BV VI

Maurice Ravel: String Quartet in F major

1. Allegro moderato

Polydor 95322 – B 29325/6

Matrix: 118/9 BV VI

Alexander Borodin: String Quartet in D major

III. Notturno

Polydor 95335 – B 29331/2

Matrix: 112½ / 113 BV VI

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 8 in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2

1. Finale: Presto

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 74 No. 3

1. Largo assai

Polydor 95336 – B 29333/4

Matrix: 110 / 111½ BV VI

Felix Mendelssohn: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 12

1. Canzonetta

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 30

1. Allegretto