The Salomon Quartet was formed in 1982 as one of the first string quartets playing music of the classical period on authentic instruments and informed by historical scholarship. The quartet originally comprised Simon Standage (violin), Micaela Comberti †, (violin), Trevor Jones †, (viola), and Jennifer Ward Clarke †, (cello). Violin II is now taken by Catherine Martin, viola by Adam Romer and cello by Andrew Skidmore.
The violins and viola are modern reproductions of models set up as they would have been at the end of the 18th century. The cello is English and dates from 1791.
Recordings Mozart: The 6 'Haydn' String Quartets, K.387, 421, 428, 458, 464, 465 (including 'Dissonance', 'Hunt' and 'Drum') Mozart: String quartets K.565 and K.590 Mozart: String quartets K.499 'Hoffmeister' and K.589 Mozart: String quintets K.515, 593, 516, 614 with Simon Whistler, viola Mozart: Piano quartets K.478, 493 with Richard Burnett, fortepiano Mozart: Clarinet quintets K.581, 516c, 580b (completed by Duncan Druce) with Alan Hacker, basset horn and Lesley Schatzberger, clarinet Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik with The Academy of Ancient Music and Christopher Hogwood Gyrowetz: 3 string quartets op.44 The String Quartet in 18th-century England: string quartets by Abel, Shield, Marsh, Webbe and Wesley. Haydn: the 'Sun' quartets op.20 nos.1-6 Haydn: the 'Russian' quartets op.33 nos.1-6, op.42 (including 'The Joke', 'The Bird' and 'How do you do?') Haydn: 'Prussian' quartets op.50 nos.1-6 Haydn: 'Tost I' quartets op.54 Haydn: 'Tost II' quartets op.55 Haydn: 'Tost' quartets op.64 nos.1-6 (including 'The Lark') Haydn: String quartets op.71 nos.1-3 Haydn: String quartets op.74 nos.1-3 (including 'The Rider') Haydn: String quartets op.77 nos.1-2, op.103 Haydn: Symphonies no.100 and 104 (in the transcriptions of Salomon) with Lisa Beznosiuk, flute, and Christopher Hogwood, fortepiano
External links Salomon Quartet Hyperion Records: The Salomon Quartet Obituary of Micaela Comberti by Simon Standage; in The Guardian