Hollywood String Quartet

The first American chamber music ensemble to reach an international audience, the Hollywood String Quartet originally consisted of Felix Slatkin and Paul Shure on violins, Paul Robyn on viola, and Eleanor Aller Slatkin on cello. From their foundation in 1946 until the end of the '50s, they explored a massive amount of chamber music repertory that had largely been ignored, not only in America but Europe as well, introducing several pieces in their definitive interpretations on record (for the Capitol label) and even doing one recording session with Frank Sinatra along the way. ...