Giuseppe Verdi

Streichquartett e-Moll

Britten: Streichquartett No.3, Op.94 / Rabenschlag: "Aida"-Paraphrase

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CD/ Track	Title	Duration
1.1	String Quartet E Minor Allegro	08:00
1.2	String Quartet E Minor Andantino	07:32
1.3	String Quartet E Minor Prestissimo	03:14
1.4	String Quartet E Minor Fuga (Allegro assai mosso)	04:30
1.5	String Quartet No. 3 op. 94 I. Duets With moderate movement	05:50
1.6	String Quartet No. 3 op. 94 II. Ostinato Very fast	06:25
1.7	String Quartet No. 3 op. 94 III. Solo Very calm	06:25
1.8	String Quartet No. 3 op. 94 IV. Burlesque Fast - con fuoco	02:18
1.9	String Quartet No. 3 op. 94 V. Recitative and Passacaglia (La Serenissima) Slow	09:54
1.10	Paraphrase on Themes from the opera "Aida" by Giuseppe Verdi for string quartet	07:50

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15,95 EUR

: SCM Hänssler
Art.-No.:: 098.394.000
: Compact Disc
: June 2001
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Giuseppe Verdi: String Quartet in e minor; Benjamin Britten: String Quartet No. 3, op. 94; Thomas Rabenschlag: Paraphrase on Themes from the opera “Aida” by G. Verdi for string quartet
Verdi String Quartet
The Verdi Quartet returns to perform the music of their namesake! Following their critically acclaimed cycle of the complete Schubert String Quartets, the Verdis head for sunny Italy in a remarkably well rounded program of works. Written during his “down-time” during rehearsals for the premiere of Aida, Verdi's String Quartet has suffered undue neglect, not the least of which was a result of the composer's own overly harsh assessment. Reservations or not, Verdi's late String Quartet is a fine score, that prefigures the composition of his late masterwork, Falstaff. Another autumnal string quartet is Benjamin Britten's String Quartet No. 3, op. 94. Composed shortly after completing his final opera, “Death in Venice”, Britten's quartet exhibits a delicate melancholy and world-weariness, finely wrought and stunningly played by the Verdis. Rounding out the program, and tying it all together is a Thomas Rabenschlag's delightful Paraphrase on Themes from Verdi's “Aida”.