Calvet Quartet

CALVET QUARTET plays Ravel, Debussy, Milhaud and Samazeuilh

1-4. Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35 [28:49]
I. Allegro moderato – Très doux [08:01]
II. Assez vif – Très rythmé [06:17]
III. Très lent [09:35]
IV. Vif et agité [04:56]
5-8. Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, L. 85 [26:04]
I. Animé et très décidé [06:17]
II. Assez vif et bien rythmé [03:50]
III. Andantino, doucement expressif [08:57]
IV. Très modéré [06:59]
Recorded · 02 August 1946 · Stuttgart · Stadttheater · Süddeutscher Rundfunk · Live Recording

9-11. Milhaud: String Quartet No. 12 in C Major, Op. 252 [13:17]
I. Modéré – Animé – Modéré [04:13]
II. Lent [05:30]
III. Avec entrain [03:34]
12-13. Samazeuilh: Cantabile et Capriccio for String Quartet (1947) [09:37]
Recorded · 29 November 1948 · Paris · Studio RDF · Radiodiffusion Française · Radio Studio Recording

14. Joseph Calvet recalls his encounter with Ravel [French] [01:52]
Recorded · 21 September 1972 · Paris · André Peyrègne · Interviewer

Joseph Calvet · 1st violin
Jean André Champeil · 2nd violin
Maurice Husson · viola
Manuel Amédée Recassens · cello

Article number: MC 4005
UPC barcode: 791154054413
Recording date: 1946 – 1948
Release date: July 2016
Total timing: 79:43

Producer and Audio Restoration: Lynn Ludwig
Booklet Notes: Michael Waiblinger
Design: Alessia Issara
Photographs: Jean-Michel Molkhou Collection
With special thanks to Tully Potter and Nick Morgan
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