Quatuor Parrenin
The Quatuor Parrenin , also known internationally as the Parrenin Quartet , was a Paris- based French string quartet founded in 1944 and existing until 1987.
history
The founding members of Quatuor Parrenin all came from the chamber music class of Joseph Calvet at the Paris Conservatory . From 1944 to 1949 the ensemble was the official string quartet of Radio Luxemburg . There was a concert there every week, interpreting classical, romantic and contemporary repertoire. The quartet was responsible for more than 150 world premieres.
The quartet was the only French ensemble of its time to record all of the string quartets of the Vienna School and all of Béla Bartók's string quartets . In addition, it played the quartets by Cesar Franck , Claude Debussy , Maurice Ravel , Gabriel Faure and Jacques Ibert , parts of livres by Pierre Boulez , the Concerto for Piano, Violin and String Quartet by Ernest Chausson and the late romantic piece Transfigured Night by Arnold Schoenberg , a .
The quartet was a member of the Domaine Musical in Paris and the ensembles of contemporary music Darmstadt .
Members
- Violin I .: Jaques Parrenin (since 1944, † October 8, 2010)
- Violin II .: Marcel Charpentier (1944–1970), Jaques Ghestern (1970–1980), John Cohen (since 1980)
- Viola : Serge Collot (1944–1957), Michel Walès (1957–1964), Denes Marton (1964–1970), Gérard Caussé (1970–1980), Jean-Claude Dewaele (since 1980)
- Violoncello : Pierre Penassou (1944–1980), René Benedetti (since 1980)
literature
- Alain Pâris : Classical music in the 20th century, instrumentalists, singers, conductors, orchestras, choirs . Quatuor Parrenin. 2nd Edition. dtv, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-32501-1 , p. 1052 .
- Tully Potter: Quatuor Parrenin. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
- Quartet Parrenin. In: Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música . Enciclopèdia Catalana, accessed June 11, 2020 (Catalan).
Web links
- Literature by and about Quatuor Parrenin in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Quatuor Parrenin at Discogs (English)
- Quatuor Parrenin at MusicBrainz (English)