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THE PASQUIER TRIO

The Pasquier Trio, founded in 1927 by three brothers – violinist Jean Pasquier (1904-1992), once a member of the Paris Opera Orchestra; violist Pierre Pasquier (1902-1986); and cellist Etienne Pasquier and dissolved in 1974, was the most illustrious and enduring French chamber formation. One of the most useful too, in the long term, since, thanks to it, the repertoire of the string trio has been enriched with seventy new scores (Roussel, Milhaud, Martinu or Schmitt). The trio also played in a quartet, sometimes with the most illustrious pianists (Jean Doyen and Marguerite Long, among others), sometimes with the flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal or the oboist Pierre Pierlot, even as a sextet or in an octet, embracing the vast field of chamber music.

TRACKLIST

1. Sérénade in D Major, Op. 8 I. Marcia. Allegro (Beethoven)
2. Sérénade in D Major, Op. 8 II. Adagio (Beethoven)
3. Sérénade in D Major, Op. 8 III. Menuetto. Allegretto (Beethoven)
4. Sérénade in D Major, Op. 8 IV. Adagio (Beethoven)
5. Sérénade in D Major, Op. 8 V. Allegretto alla polacca (Beethoven)
6. Sérénade in D Major, Op. 8 VI. Tema con variazioni. Andante quasi allegretto (Beethoven)
7. Sérénade in D Major, Op. 8 VII. Allegro (Beethoven)
8. Trio en si bémol majeur 1er mvt (Schubert)
9. Trio en si bémol majeur 2e mvt (Schubert)
10. Trio en si bémol majeur 3e mvt ; 4e mvt, 1ère partie (Schubert)
11. Trio en si bémol majeur 4e mvt, 2e partie (Schubert)
12. Trio pour cordes in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1 I. Adagio – Allegro con brio (Beethoven)
13. Trio pour cordes in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1 II. Adagio ma non tatto and cantabile (Beethoven)
14. Trio pour cordes in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1 III. Scherzo – Allegro (Beethoven)
15. Trio pour cordes in G Major, Op. 9, No. 1 IV. Presto (Beethoven)