Complete String Quartets

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2018-06-08

Label: Audite

Recordings: September 3 - 5, 2012 (Opp. 18/6. 95, 135, 59/2, 127); 3 - 5 June, 2013 (Opp. 18/4, 133, 59/1); March 12 - 15, 2014 (Opp. 18/1, 131); November 24 - 27, 2014 (Opp. 29, 132); November 27 - 30, 2015 (Opp. 18/5, 130, 18/2, 59/3, 18/3, 74).

Recording format: PCM, 96 kHz / 24bit.


Instrumentarium:

(Opp. 18/6. 95, 135, 59/2, 127)
violin I: Guarneri del Gesù, 1733
violin II: Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1752
viola: Anonymous instrument from 1680, Piemontese school
cello: Marino Capicchioni, 1974 Rimini

(Opp. 18/4, 133, 59/1)
violin I: Guarneri del Gesù, 1733
violin II: Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1752 (Große Fuge) Salvatore Scalia, 2012 (op. 18 Nr. 4 und op. 59 Nr. 1)
viola: Pietro Gargini, 2012 (Große Fuge), Alberto Giordano, 1995 (op. 18 Nr. 4 und op. 59 Nr. 1)
cello: Marino Capicchioni, 1974 Rimini

(Opp. 18/1, 131)
violin I: N. Amati, 1640
violin II: P. Antonio Testore, 1750 Milan
viola: A. Poggi 1952
cello: Marino Capicchioni, 1974 Rimini

(Opp. 29, 132)
violin I: N. Amati, 1640
violin II: P. Antonio Testore, 1750 Milan
viola: Gioacchino Torazzi, Turin ca. 1680-1720
viola (Lawrence Dutton): Samuel Zygmuntowicz (Brooklyn, NY 2003)
cello: Dom Nicolò Amati, 1712 Bologna

(Opp. 18/5, 130, 18/2, 59/3, 18/3, 74)
violin I: Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, 1776 Turin (Opp. 18/5, 130), N. Amati, 1640 (Opp. 18/2, 59/3, 18/3, 74)
violin II: P. Antonio Testore, 1750 Milan
viola: Gioacchino Torazzi, Turin ca. 1680-1720
cello: Dom Nicolò Amati, 1712 Bologna


Clamshell box.
Comes with a 100 page booklet with liner notes in English and German.