In its early years, the Mandelring Quartet had become identified with the byways of the string quartet repertory, specifically the quartets of French composer and Schubert contemporary George Onslow, as well as those of twentieth century composer Berthold Goldschmidt. But the Mandelring players have never really been specialists: the group has always possessed a broad repertory that not only takes in the likes of Koechlin, Caplet, Milhaud, Pettersson, Penderecki, Piazzolla, and a host of lesser-knowns, but the standards by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Brahm...