{"product_id":"pascal-quartet-haydn-joke-fifths-quartets-1948-pacm064","title":"PASCAL QUARTET Haydn: \"Joke\" \u0026 \"Fifths\" Quartets (1948) - PACM064","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eHAYDN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eString Quartet in F minor, Op. 76, No.2, Hob.III:76, \"Fifths\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eHAYDN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eString Quartet in E flat major, Op. 33, No.2, Hob.III:38, \"Joke\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in Paris, November \u0026amp; 21 December 1948. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 33:29\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eQuatuor Pascal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PACM064.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pascals play Haydn in post-war Paris\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eXR-remastered for finest sound quality\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eThese recordings were amongst a set\nselected from the extensive collection of Brussels-based collector\nJean-François Lambert as excellent examples of neglected European\nrecordings of the early LP era which will appear in the coming weeks and\nmonths at Pristine. It's hard to conceive of a more delightful way to\nbegin the series than with the Pascal Quartet's sublime readings of\nthese two Haydn favourites.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eThe appearance of one of these two\nquartets, the D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, on a set of HMV 78s issued in\n1949, gave the first clue as to the recording date of that particular\nrecording, and further digging revealed it to have been taped in Paris\nin November 1948. The second quartet here, the 'Joke' Quartet, is much\nmore elusive, and I've struggled to find mention of it beyond the MMS\ndisc from which these transfers were drawn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eYet I strongly suspect that it was drawn\nfrom the same recording sessions, as there is a continuity not only of\nboth sound quality and acoustic, but also of occasional distant traffic\nrumble (formerly buried in the grooves) which is evident in both\nrecordings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eWhether or not this is the case (and the\nsecond recording was most certainly made either at the end of the 1940s\nor start of the 1950s) it seems we have no right to expect the kind of\nsound quality revealed by the XR remastering of this disc, which is\nnothing short of superb throughout, and conveys perfectly the finest\nnuances in these literally delightful performances. It is therefore all\nthe more remarkable that the 1952 issue of \u003cem\u003eThe Record Guide\u003c\/em\u003e commented sniffily about those HMV 78s: \"\u003cem\u003ealthough it is well played, the string tone is very unpleasant. The issue is said to have been dubbed from a tape recording.\u003c\/em\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\" align=\"left\"\u003eWell take a listen to our sample here, in\nwhich Ambient Stereo processing brings out the fine acoustic captured in\nthis recording, and try to remind yourself at regular intervals that\nit's was made 61 years ago, and not in the 21st century...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"body\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAndrew Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHAYDN \u003c\/b\u003eString Quartet in F minor, Op. 76, No.2, Hob.III:76, \"Fifths\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHAYDN \u003c\/b\u003eString Quartet in E flat major, Op. 33, No.2, Hob.III:38, \"Joke\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded in Paris, November \u0026amp; 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