Italian Journey
A quartet for Verdi year with other Italians for company
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Composer or Director: Giuseppe Verdi, Ottorino Respighi, Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Boccherini
Label: Klanglogo
Magazine Review Date: 04/2013
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: KL1400
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
String Quartet |
Ottorino Respighi, Composer
Cremona Quartet Ottorino Respighi, Composer |
Crisantemi |
Giacomo Puccini, Composer
Cremona Quartet Giacomo Puccini, Composer |
(6) String Quartets, Movement: No. 6 in C, G164 |
Luigi Boccherini, Composer
Cremona Quartet Luigi Boccherini, Composer |
Author: Caroline Gill
Although their sound may bring out all the innate Italianness in these pieces, playing them as naturally as an Italian singer would sing an aria in grand Italian opera, they are still surprisingly light with their vibrato and never push the boundaries of what is appropriate intensity of expression. In fact, there may be many threads that sew this disc together, but the most striking is that at all times, whatever the tempo, texture, voicing or general disposition, you never lose the feeling that you are being sung, not played, to. Whether or not this is due to the age-old notion that the Italians are a garrulous bunch, listening to this recording making the music sound so immediate (particularly beautifully concentrated in the Verdi quartet) is nothing less than life-affirming.
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