Performer: Quartetto d’Archi di Venezia
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Size: 1.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Alfredo Casella:
Concerto, Op. 40
01. I. Sinfonia: Allegro brioso e deciso
02. II. Siciliana: Andante dolcemente mosso
03. III. Minuetto, Recitativo, Aria: Allegretto grazioso e molto moderato
04. IV. Canzone: Allegro giocoso e vivacissimo
Cinque pezzi, Op. 34
05. No. 1. Preludio
06. No. 2. Ninna-Nanna
07. No. 3. Valse Ridicule
08. No. 4. Notturno
09. No. 5. Fox-Trot
Guido Turchi:
Concerto breve
10. I. Elegia: Molto lento
11. II. Allegro, un po’ concitato
12. III. Rondo: Allegro, piuttosto vivace e ben ritmato
Quartetto d’Archi di Venezia
Recorded: August, November 2012
Recording Venue: Area Studio, Preganziol, Treviso, Italy
Towards the end of the 19th century a new home-grown school of instrumental music began to flourish in Italy, bearing fruit over the following decades. Casella’s Cinque pezzi (1920) and Concerto, Op. 40b (1923), both for string quartet, are two high points of of the genre, with the Concerto quickly becoming an international success. Guido Turchi’s Concerto breve, which draws on the models of Hindemith and Bartók, is another significant contribution to the development of the string quartet in 20th-century Italy.