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The Kodály Quartet was formed by students from the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest in 1966. After some changes among the members, the Quartet made out its independent performing style based on the renowned Hungarian string quartet tradition.

The Quartet has toured in almost all European countries, the USA, Middle - and South - America, Far East, Australia and New Zealand. In addition to the standard classical repertoire the Kodály Quartet regularly performs works written by Hungarian composers - Kodály, Bartók, Dohnányi and others - in its programme. The Quartet has recorded the complete Haydn and Beethoven string quartets, the Debussy and Ravel string quartets, and recently they are working on the Schubert cycle for the Naxos label.

In 1996 the orchester was awarded with Béla Bartók-Ditta Pásztory Prize, in 2022 with Kossuth Prize.

Year	Title	Publisher	Code	Remark
	The Story of Naxos - The Soundtrack	Naxos	9.00124
	Schubert, Franz: The Romantic Schubert	Naxos	8.570080
	Lugna Bla Timmar - Blue Hours	Naxos	8.503024
1971	Nemzetközi Bartók Béla zeneszerző verseny, 1970-1971 (The Béla Bartók International Competition for Composers, 1970-1971)	Hungaroton	LPX 11546
1979	Bozay Attila: II. Vonósnégyes, No. 2, Op. 21; Improvizációk No. 2, Op. 27; Malom, Op. 23 (Bozay, Attila: String Quartet, No. 2, Op. 21; Improvisations No. 2, Op. 27; The Mill Op. 23)	Hungaroton	SLPX 12058	LP
1986	Decsényi János: Weöres Sándor Tizenkettedik szimfóniája; Utak; Vonósnégyes; Sírfelirat Aquincumból (Decsényi, János: Sándor Weöres' Twelfth Symphony; Roads; String Quartet; Epitaph from Aquincum)	Hungaroton	SLPX 12556	LP
1988	Bomtempo, João Domingos: Quintet Op. 16; Serenata	Portugalsom	CD 870006/PS	Own
1988	The Best of Naxos 4.	Naxos	8.550004
1988	A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music	Naxos	8.503134	3 CDs
1988	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.76 No.2-4 (Haydn String Quartets Op.76 No.2-4)	Naxos	8.550129	Own
1989	Classical Music Start-up Kit Vol.2: 1825-1945	Naxos	8.550835
1990	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.76 No.1-3 (Haydn String Quartets Op.76 No.1-3)	Naxos	8.550314	Own
1990	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.74 No.1-3 (Haydn String Quartets Op.74 No.1-3)	Naxos	8.550396	Own
1990	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.71 "Apponyi kvartetek" (Haydn String Quartets Op.71 "Apponyi Quartets")	Naxos	8.550394	Own
1990	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.54. No.1-3 (Haydn String Quartets Op.54 No.1-3)	Naxos	8.550395	Own
1990	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.103; Op.51 "Jézus Krisztus utolsó hét szava" (Haydn String Quartets Op.103; Op.51 "Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ")	Naxos	8.550346	Own
1990	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.76 No.4-6 (Haydn String Quartets Op.76 No.4-6)	Naxos	8.550315	Own
1990	Schumann, Robert - Brahms, Johannes: Piano Quintets	Naxos	8.550406
1991	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.55 No.1-3 (Haydn String Quartets Op.55 No.1-3)	Naxos	8.550397	Own
1991	Night Music Vol.3	Naxos	8.551123
1992	The Best of Naxos 5	Naxos	8.550005
1992	Schubert, Franz: Trout Quintet - Adagio and Rondo Concertante	Naxos	8.550658
1992	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.1 No.1-4. (Haydn String Quartets Op.1 No.1-4.)	Naxos	8.550398	Own
1992	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.1 No.5-6; Op.2 No.1-2 (Haydn String Quartets Op.1, No.5-6; Op.2 No.1-2)	Naxos	8.550399	Own
1993	Beethoven vonósnégyesek (összes) 1. (Beethoven String Quartets (Complete) Vol.1)	Naxos	8.550558	Own
1993	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.20 No.1-3 "Nap-kvartetek" (Haydn String Quartets Op.20 No.1-3 "Sun Quartets")	Naxos	8.550701	Own
1993	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.64 No.4-6 (Haydn String Quartets Op.64 No.4-6)	Naxos	8.550674	Own
1993	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.64 No.1-3 (Haydn String Quartets Op.64 No.1-3)	Naxos	8.550673	Own
1993	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.42; Op.2 No.4 és 6 (Haydn String Quartets Op.42; Op.2 No.4 and 6)	Naxos	8.550732	Own
1993	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.3 No.3-6 (Haydn String Quartets Op.3 No.3-6)	Naxos	8.555704	Own
1993	Haydn Vonósnégyesek Op.20 No.4-6 "Nap-kvartetek" (Haydn String Quartets Op.20 No.4-6 "Sun Quartets")	Naxos	8.550702	Own
1993	Best of Naxos 7	Naxos	8.550007
1993	Schumann: The Best of Schumann	Naxos	8.551112
1994	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.9 No.2,5,6 (Haydn String Quartets Op.9 No.2,5,6)	Naxos	8.550787	Own
1994	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.33 No.1,2 és 5 (Haydn String Quartets Op.33 No.1,2 and 5)	Naxos	8.550788	Own
1994	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.33 No.3,4 és 6 (Haydn String Quartets Op.33 No.3,4 and 6)	Naxos	8.550789	Own
1994	The Best of Naxos 3.	Naxos	8.550003
1995	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.9 No.1,3,4 (Haydn String Quartets Op.9 No.1,3,4)	Naxos	8.550786	Own
1995	The Best of Naxos 9	Naxos	8.551202
1995	The Top 100 Masterpieces Of Classical Music	Delta	35815	5 CDs
1995	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.77 No.1-2 (Haydn String Quartets Op.77 No.1-2)	Naxos	8.553146	Own
1995	Bartók Béla: Rapszódiák I. és II.; Zongoraötös (Bartók, Béla: Rhapsodies No.1 and No.2; Piano Quintet)	Naxos	8.550886	Own
1995	Beethoven vonósnégyesek (összes) 2. (Beethoven String Quartets (Complete) Vol.2)	Naxos	8.550559	Own
1996	Beethoven vonósnégyesek (összes) 3. (Beethoven String Quartets (Complete) Vol.3)	Naxos	8.550560	Own
1996	The Best of Haydn	Naxos	8.551118DX
1996	Schubert, Franz: The Romantic Schubert	Naxos	8.552215
1996	Night Music, Vol. 1.	Naxos	8.551121
1997	The Best of Mozart	Naxos	8.556653
1997	Ten Years of Success	Naxos	8.554103
1997	The Best of Schumann	Naxos	8.556662
1997	The Best of Debussy	Naxos	8.556663
1997	The Best of Haydn	Naxos	8.556668
1997	Audio Reference 24K	Naxos	8.550481G
1998	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.50 No.4-6 "Porosz" (Haydn String Quarets Op.50 No.4-6 "Prussian")	Naxos	8.553984	Own
1998	Intermezzo: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556616
1998	Beethoven, Ludwig van: Berceuse - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556610
1998	Varma Röda Stunder - Romantisk Klassisk Musik (3CD set) (Warm Red Hours - Romantic Classical Music (3CD set))	Naxos	8.503038	3 CDs
1998	Pavane - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556603
1998	Beethoven vonósnégyesek (összes) 4. (Beethoven String Quartets (Complete) Vol.4)	Naxos	8.554181	Own
1998	Pastorale - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556608
1998	Clair de Lune - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556601
1998	Meditation: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming (Meditation: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming)	Naxos	8.556614
1998	Liebesleid: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556615
1998	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.50 No.1-3 "Porosz" (Haydn String Quartets Op.50 No.1-3 "Prussian")	Naxos	8.553983	Own
1998	Rhapsody: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556617
1998	Vocalise - Classical Favourites for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556602
1998	Serenade: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556619
1998	Romanza: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	Naxos	8.556618
1999	Skona Grona Dagar - Beautiful Green Days	Naxos	8.503068
1999	Chamber Music Favourites	Naxos	8.554429
1999	Cinema Classics 1999	Naxos	8.551183
1999	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.17 No.3, 5 és 6 (Haydn String Quartets Op.17 No.3, 5 and 6)	Naxos	8.550854	Own
1999	Beethoven vonósnégyesek (összes) 6. (Beethoven String Quartets (Complete) Vol.6)	Naxos	8.550563	Own
1999	Beethoven vonósnégyesek (összes) 7. (Beethoven String Quartets (Complete) Vol.7)	Naxos	8.554592	Own
1999	Sanctus: Classical Music for Reflextion and Meditation	Naxos	8.556704
1999	Beethoven vonósnégyesek (összes) 5. (Beethoven String Quartets (Complete) Vol.5)	Naxos	8.550562	Own
1999	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.17 No.1, 2 és 4. (Haydn String Quartets Op.17 No.1, 2 and 4.)	Naxos	8.550853	Own
1999	A bécsi klasszicizmus lassú tételekben II. (The Vienna Classicism in Slow Moments Vol. 2)	Hungaroton	HRC 1048	Echo Collection
1999	Klassiskt A-Ö (Musiklexikon och 2 CD) (The A to Z of Classical Music )	Naxos	8.553362	2 CDs
2000	Beethoven vonósnégyesek (összes) 8. (Beethoven String Quartets (Complete) Vol.8)	Naxos	8.554593	Own
2000	Classics at the Movies: Sci-Fi	Naxos	8.556801
2000	Classics at the Movies: Romance	Naxos	8.556804
2001	50 éves a Hungaroton - Vonósművészek (1951-2001) (Fifty Years of Hungaroton - String Players)	Hungaroton	HCD 32091-3	3 CDs
2001	Beethoven vonósnégyesek (összes) 9. (Beethoven String Quartets (Complete) Vol.9)	Naxos	8.554594	Own
2002	Classical Moments 1: Classical Music to Wake Up to	Naxos	8.555357
2002	Naxos 15th Anniversary CD	Naxos	8.555964
2002	Classical Moments 5: Classical Music to Dine to	Naxos	8.555361
2003	Bozay, Attila: Három vonósnégyes Opp. 9, 21, 40 (The Three String Quartets Opp. 9, 21, 40)	Hungaroton	HCD 32117
2003	Art & Music: Manet - Music of His Time	Naxos	8.558117
2003	Haydn vonósnégyesek Op.2 No.3 és 5; Op.3 No.1-2 (Haydn String Quartets Op.2 No.3 and 5; Op.3 No.1-2)	Naxos	8.555703	Own
2003	Art & Music: Turner - Music of His Time	Naxos	8.558116
2003	21st Century Cinema Classics	Naxos	8.556698
2004	Family Symphony	Naxos	8.557479DX
2004	Music for Kids CD8: Music from Planet Earth	Naxos	8.558021
2004	A Musical Journey - Vienna: A Musical Tour of the City's Past and Present	Naxos	2.110502
2004	Art & Music: Goya - Music of His Time	Naxos	8.558178
2005	Cinema Classics 2005	Naxos	8.556814
2005	Discover Music of the Romantic Era	Naxos	8.558155-56	2 CDs
2005	The Very Best of Beethoven	Naxos	8.552105-06
2005	Night Music 1	Naxos	8.556815
2005	Night Music 2	Naxos	8.556816
2005	Night Music Vol.10	Naxos	8.556824
2006	Haydn, Joseph: Symphonies, Concertos, String Quartets, The Creation (Masterpieces)	Capriccio	C49520
2006	An Easter Album	Naxos	8.570175-76
2006	Chill with Schubert	Naxos	8.556791
2007	Meditation	Naxos	8.571075
2007	Schubert, Franz: Piano Quintet in A major "Trout" - String Quartet No.12 "Quartettsatz"	Naxos	8.571101
2007	Beethoven for Meditation	Naxos	8.570905
2008	Rejoice - A Vision of Christ Through Music	Naxos	8.570980
2009	The A to Z of Classical Music (3rd Expanded Edition, 2009)	Naxos	8.558212-13	2 CDs
2009	McCleery, David: Discover Music of the Romantic Era (Unabridged)	Naxos	NA495212
2009	Classical Bliss	Naxos	8.578053
2010	Schubert, Franz: The Naxos Schubert Album	Naxos	8.578134
2010	Beethoven, Ludwig van: The Genius of Beethoven	Naxos	8.578194	2 CDs
2010	Beethoven, Ludwig van: The Naxos Beethoven Album	Naxos	8.578109
2011	My First Mozart Album	Naxos	8.578204
2011	My First Beethoven Album	Naxos	8.578206
2012	Min Forste Mozart (My First Mozart Album)	Naxos	8.578233
2012	Min Forste Beethoven (My First Beethoven Album)	Naxos	8.578235
2014	Animals in Music	Naxos	8.578281-82	2 CDs
2017	The Anniversary Collection - 30 CDs to Celebrate 30 Years of Naxos	Naxos	8.503293