The Stuyvesant String Quartet
with Benny Goodman, clarinet
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The Stuyvesant String Quartet
with Benny Goodman, clarinet
Gian Francesco Malipiero
String Quartet No. 1 Rispetti e Strambotti
Claude Debussy
First String Quartet in G-minor, Op. 10
Maurice Ravel
String Quartet in F-Major
Alan Shulman
Rendezvous for Clarinet & String Quartet
BRIDGE 9137
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The Stuyvesant Quartet was founded in 1938 by violinist Sylvan Shulman and
cellist Alan Shulman, and made its first recording for Victor that year.
In 1939, the Quartet began recording for Columbia Records. This CD
includes studio recordings of works by Malipiero (recorded in 1950), and Debussy
and Ravel (recorded between 1951-53), released for the first time on compact
disc. Also featured on this CD is a live broadcast of the Stuyvesant's
performance of Alan Shulman's "Rendezvous" featuring clarinet great,
Benny Goodman. In 1946, Benny Goodman asked the Quartet to
join him playing a movement of the Mozart Clarinet Quintet on his weekly radio
program. Alan Shulman suggested instead that Goodman commission him to
write a short original work for clarinet and string quartet. Goodman
agreed, and Shulman composed "Rendezvous with Benny", which was
premiered over WEAF in August of 1946. The Stuyvesant made their final
recordings in 1953 for the group's own label–Philharmonia Records.
This CD restores to the catalog key recordings by one of mid-20th-century
America's finest chamber ensembles.
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