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The Franck School of Quartet Writing...

Sébastien Melmoth | Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS | 07/25/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

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The unifying motif here is the influence of César Franck. Chausson was Franck's pupil and associate. Magnard was Franck's, then D'Indy's pupil--(D'Indy being Franck's most important pupil). And finally, Roussel was D'Indy's student. So we have a legacy of very rich, dense, highly-chromatic part-writing of more Northern European heritage--as opposed to the very light, transparent more Mediterranean style of Fauré, Debussy, and Ravel



The Chausson Quartet--once so rare--has now become nearly "popular" with at least five different readings available: Chausson: String quartet in Cm; Faure: Poème d'un jour No1,Op21/1 --this is a very nice disc in that it includes both Farué exquisite SQ and the rare Tournemire work. Chausson, D'Indy: String Quartets --the bonus here is one of D'Indy's rare Quartets. Franck: Quintet in Fm; Chausson: String quartet in Cm --bonus of course is the Franck Piano Quintet. Franck, Chausson: String Quartets --bonus Franck Quartet: where it all began.



Magnard's SQ is hard-core classical heavy-metal, and is also avaliable on a wonderful recording with the bonus Fauré: Albéric Magnard, Gabriel Fauré: String Quartets .



My recommendation is to get them all. Cheers!

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