Pascal String Quartet: Beethoven String Quartet 8 Op.59

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Ludwig van Beethoven
String quartet no.8 op.59 no.2 in e minor

1- Allegro
2- Molto Adagio
3- Allegretto
4- Presto

The Pascal string quartet (Quator Pascal):

Jacques Dumont: 1st violin
Maurice Crut: 2nd violin
Leon Pascal: viola
Robert Salles: violoncello

The Pascal Quartet was a French string quartet musical ensemble which took shape during the early 1940s and emerged after World War II to become a leading representative of the French performance tradition. It was named after its founder, the viola player Léon Pascal, and was occasionally termed the Leon Pascal Quartet.