Quartetto Italiano: The Complete RIAS Recordings

[In the Cherubini] the Quartetto Italiano achieve a seamless tonal blend…Ravel’s Quartet is given with an unusual degree of deliberation...Good sound clinches a terrific collection. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2019

Release Date: 12th Apr 2019
Catalogue No: AUDITE21456
Label: Audite
Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

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Donizetti: String Quartet No. 7 in F Minor

Work length22:24

$4.00

$5.20

Quartetto Italiano
Recorded: 18 October 1959
Recording Venue: Studio 7, RIAS Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany

I. Agitatissimo

Track length5:48

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$1.30

II. Adagio ma non troppo

Track length5:30

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$1.30

III. Presto

Track length4:51

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IV. Marcia lugubre

Track length6:15

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Cherubini: String Quartet No. 5 in F major

Work length25:37

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$6.50

Quartetto Italiano
Recorded: 13 October 1958
Recording Venue: Siemensvilla, Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany

I. Moderato assai

Track length7:55

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II. Adagio

Track length6:49

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III. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo

Track length5:38

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IV. Finale: Allegro vivace

Track length5:15

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Malipiero: String Quartet No. 4

Work length15:11

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Quartetto Italiano
Recorded: 13 October 1963
Recording Venue: Siemensvilla, Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany

Allegro

Track length8:29

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Allegro

Track length6:42

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Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 7 in F sharp minor, Op. 108

Work length13:14

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Quartetto Italiano
Recorded: 13 October 1963
Recording Venue: Siemensvilla, Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany

I. Allegretto

Track length3:32

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II. Lento

Track length4:05

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III. Allegro - Allegretto

Track length5:37

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Ravel: String Quartet in F major

Work length30:44

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Quartetto Italiano
Recorded: 18 October 1959
Recording Venue: Studio 7, RIAS Funkhaus, Berlin, Germany

I. Allegro moderato, tres doux

Track length8:44

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II. Assez vif, très rhythmé

Track length6:58

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III. Très Lent

Track length9:05

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IV. Vif et agité

Track length5:57

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Schubert: String Quartet No. 8 in B flat major, D112

Work length32:34

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Quartetto Italiano
Recorded: 25 February 1951
Recording Venue: Siemensvilla, Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany

I. Allegro ma non troppo

Track length11:31

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II. Andante sostenuto

Track length10:13

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III. Menuetto - Trio: Allegretto

Track length5:59

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IV. Presto

Track length4:51

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Schumann: String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41 No. 2

Work length21:32

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Quartetto Italiano
Recorded: 26 February 1951
Recording Venue: Siemensvilla, Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany

I. Allegro vivace

Track length6:05

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II. Andante, quasi variazioni

Track length8:13

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III. Scherzo: Presto

Track length3:04

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IV. Allegro molto vivace

Track length4:10

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Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 77 No. 1 in G major

Work length21:53

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Quartetto Italiano
Recorded: 26 February 1951
Recording Venue: Siemensvilla, Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany

I. Allegro moderato

Track length5:41

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II. Adagio

Track length7:53

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III. Menuetto: Presto

Track length4:47

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IV. Finale: Presto

Track length3:32

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Schumann: String Quartet No. 3 in A major, Op. 41 No. 3

Work length29:26

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Quartetto Italiano
Recorded: 13 October 1958
Recording Venue: Siemensvilla, Berlin-Lankwitz, Germany

I. Andante espressivo - Allegro molto moderato

Track length5:54

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II. Assai agitato - Un poco adagio - Tempo risoluto

Track length7:51

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III. Adagio molto

Track length8:17

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IV. Finale: Allegro molto vivace

Track length7:24

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The ensemble's confidently-chosen name made it clear from the outset that the Quartetto Italiano saw itself not simply as an Italian string quartet among many, but as the authoritative one. The ensemble was soon recognized as a pioneer of Italian chamber music culture following the Second World War. Through their tireless obsession with detail, in-depth exploration of the works' musical expression, and the remarkable homogeneity of their quartet sound, the Quartetto Italiano conquered a firm place in the top league of leading string quartets over the first two decades of their career.

The first release of the complete productions realized by the Quartetto Italiano for Berlin's RIAS between 1951 and 1963 highlights two aspects that the musicians would increasingly neglect in their later recordings: firstly, the focus on the music of their fellow countrymen, represented here in rarely-heard works by Gaetano Donizetti, Luigi Cherubini, and Gian Francesco Malipiero; and secondly, the enormous breadth of their repertoire, which ranged from Joseph Haydn, the father of the classical string quartet, to Dmitri Shostakovich's Seventh String Quartet (brand new at the time of the recording). Three works on this release (Cherubini, Donizetti, and Shostakovich) can be heard performed by the Quartetto Italiano for the first time on CD.

This release forms part of our series "Legendary Recordings" and bears the stamp "1" Master Release".

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August 2019

[In the Cherubini] the Quartetto Italiano achieve a seamless tonal blend…Ravel’s Quartet is given with an unusual degree of deliberation...Good sound clinches a terrific collection.

Quartetto Italiano: The Complete RIAS Recordings

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