Quartetto Ascanio - Chamber Music in Genoa After Nicolò Paganini (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piccolo tema con variazioni
02. String Quartet in E minor: I. Allegro appassionato
03. String Quartet in E minor: II. Allegro vivace non troppo presto
04. String Quartet in E minor: III. Larghetto cantabile
05. String Quartet in E minor: IV. Presto con fuoco
06. String Quartet No. 4 in F Minor: I. Con accento melanconico
07. String Quartet No. 4 in F Minor: II. Minuetto
08. String Quartet No. 4 in F Minor: III. Andante religioso
09. String Quartet No. 4 in F Minor: IV. Scherzo
10. Rondò in D Major



Camillo Sivori, considered Paganini’s only pupil, was the most illustrious member of the Genoese violin school. He was also a significant composer whose Piccolo tema con variazioni is both polyphonically rich and operatic, while the Rondò in D major is flecked with virtuoso panache. His teacher in the city had been Giovanni Serra who dedicated his subtle String Quartet in F minor to Sivori. The third Genoese composer is Carlo Andrea Gambini whose String Quartet in E minor was much admired by Rossini. "This programme exclusively consists of world première recordings and has recovered part of the 19th-century Italian chamber repertoire worthy, indeed, of rediscovery.”

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