The Pascal Quartet was a French string quartet musical ensemble which took shape during the early 1940s and emerged after the war to become a leading representative of the French performance tradition. Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( A string quartet is a Musical ensemble of four String instruments &mdash usually two Violins a Viola and Cello &mdash or a piece A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including It was named after its founder, the viola player Léon Pascal, and was occasionally termed the Leon Pascal Quartet.
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Personnel
Throughout its recording career during the 1940s and 1950s, the personnel comprised:
1st violin: Jacques Dumont
2nd violin: Maurice Crut
viola: Léon Pascal
violoncello: Robert Salles
Origins
During the 1930s Léon Pascal occupied the viola desk in the celebrated Calvet Quartet, with Joseph Calvet, Daniel Guilevitch (i. e. Daniel Guilet of the Beaux Arts Trio) and Paul Mas (cello). The Beaux Arts Trio was a noted Piano trio. They made their debut on July 13, 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival known today as the Tanglewood Music Pascal appears in the 1931-1938 recordings made by that ensemble. The recordings of the Pascal Quartet begin before 1945. The quality of the soloists with whom they recorded attest to the standing of the Pascal Quartet. McNaught said of them that 'due praise would mean a further search for words. ' Record Year 2 (p. 47-48), on the other hand, found many faults with their Beethoven cycle, which others have admired intensely.
Recordings
- Beethoven: Complete string quartets (issued 1953, Nixa LP CLP 1201-1213 (Concert Hall))
- Beethoven: Quartet op 8 no 3. Ludwig van Beethoven ( English ˈlʊdvɪg væn ˈbeɪtoʊvən, 16 December 1770 &ndash 26 March 1827 was a German Composer and Pianist. (1944)
- Beethoven: Quintets op 29 and op 104, with Walter Gerhard. (Nixa LP CLP 1214) (1953)
- Haydn: Quartet op 76 no 2. (1948)
- Bach: Die Kunst der Fuge, Contrapunctus no 1. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section.2 This article is written in British English including maximised use of "-ise" The Art of Fugue or The Art of the Fugue (original German Die Kunst der Fuge) BWV 1080 is an incomplete masterpiece (1949)
- Franck: Quintet, with Jeanne-Marie Darré (1952)
- Saint-Saens: Septet, with J-M Darré, Delmotte, Loguereau, cond. Franck can refer to People César Franck (1822&ndash1890 Belgian composer of the Romantic era Harry A Jeanne-Marie Darré (b 1905 d 1999-01-26) was a French classical pianist Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (/ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃s/ (9 October 1835 &ndash 16 December 1921 was a French Composer, Organist, conductor, and Fourestier (Pathé DTX 252)
- Mozart: Quintets, with Walter Gerhard (Monitor MCS 2111)
- Prokofiev String quartet (Bertelsmann 8132, 10" LP)
- Casadesus: Nonet for piano, string quartet and wind, with Robert Casadesus and wind quartet (LP Columbia ML5448)
- Fauré: Piano Quartet no 1 in C minor op 15, with Ray Lev (piano). Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (Серге́й Серге́евич Проко́фьев Sergéj Sergéjevič Prokófjev) ( - 5 March 1953 was a Russian composer who Robert Casadesus ( April 7, 1899 &ndash September 19, 1972) was a renowned 20th-century French Pianist. Gabriel Urbain Fauré ( 12 May 1845 &ndash 4 November 1924) was a French Composer, Organist, Pianist (1950) (Nixa LP CLP 093)
- Schubert: Trout Quintet, with Vlado Perlemuter and Hans Fryba (double-bass). Vlado Perlemuter ( May 26, 1904 &ndash September 4, 2002) was a French pianist from a Polish Jewish family born in (Concert Hall LP AM 2203)
- Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet, with Louis Kaufman and Arthur Balsam (c. Louis Kaufman ( May 10, 1905, Portland Oregon &ndash February 9, 1994, Los Angeles California) was an American Arthur Balsam ( February 8, 1906 in Warsaw, Poland – September 1, 1994 in New York) was a Polish 1949-1952, on Nixa LP).
- Chausson: Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet, with Yehudi Menuhin and Louis Kentner. Yehudi Menuhin Baron Menuhin, OM, KBE (April 22 1916 – March 12 1999 was an American -born Violinist and conductor who spent Louis Kentner ( July 19, 1905 &ndash September 23, 1987) was a Hungarian, later British, Pianist who excelled (1955)
- Ravel: Introduction and Allegro, with Lily Laskine (harp), Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute) and Ulysse Delecluse (clarinet). Lily Laskine ( August 31 1893 - January 4 1988) was one of the most prominent Harpists of the twentieth century Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal ( 7 January 1922 &ndash 20 May 2000) was a celebrated French Flautist and has been personally "credited (1955)
- Debussy: Quartet in G minor op 10. Achille-Claude Debussy (aʃil klod dəbysi (August 22 1862 &ndash March 25 1918 was a French Composer. (?c1948)
(Dumont and Pascal also appear in the Prokofiev Quintet for wind and strings, op 39, with M Goetgluck (oboe), Ulysse Delecluse (clar) and M. Boussagol (double-bass) (NIXA LP PLP 512). (c1953))
Sources
- R. D. Darrell, Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia of Recorded Music (New York 1936).
- W. McNaught, Gramophone Notes, Musical Times vol 90 no 1277 (July 1949), 233-235.
- D. Ellmann, Notes to CD Teldec 28413-2 (Calvet Quartet reissue).
- D. Shawe-Taylor and Sackville-West, The Record Year 2 (Collins, London 1953).
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