Yale Quartet

The Yale Quartet is a string quartet based at Yale University composed of musicians in the Yale School of Music and originally led by Broadus Erle (formerly of the New Music Quartet)^[1] from the time he arrived in Yale in 1960.^[2] It is especially noted for a set of recordings of the late Beethoven quartets, made during the 1960s and 1970s.^{[3] [4]}

Personnel

1st violin:

• Broadus Erle

2nd violin:

• Yoko Matsuda (1964-1967)
• Syoko Aki

Viola:

• David Schwartz
• Walter Trampler

Cello:

• Aldo Parisot

Recordings

• Op 127 & 131: Erle-Aki-Schwartz-Parisot; Op 132: Erle-Matsuda-Schwartz-Parisot; Op 130, 133, 135: Erle-Aki-Trampler-Parisot).Originally issued on LP: Vanguard Cardinal Series Set VCS-10101.
• Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor op 34 (issued 1973), HMV LP ASD 2873 (Erle-Aki-Trampler-Parisot).
• Mozart Quartets in D minor K 421 and D major K 575, Cardinal LP VCS 10019 (Erle-Matsuda-Schwartz-Parisot).

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