Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete String Quartets Quartetto Adorno

• 1Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, Op. 58: I. Arioso e sereno10:09
• 2Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, Op. 58: II. Strimpellata05:33
• 3Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Introduzione: Molto moderato10:25
• 4Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 139: I. Moderato (ma non troppo lento)07:30
• 5Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 139: II. Andante mesto08:50
• 6Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 139: III. Molto vivo e ben ritmato04:45
• 7Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 203 "Casa al Dono": I. Ritorno a Vallombrosa06:19
• 8Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 203 "Casa al Dono": II. L'abbazia07:35
• 9Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 203 "Casa al Dono": III. Il trenino03:21
• 10Castelnuovo-Tedesco: String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 203 "Casa al Dono": IV. Discussione e tramonto06:30
• Total Runtime01:10:57

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco began to focus on chamber music composition during the late 1920s. From this period comes the String Quartet No. 1 in G major, which offers a countryside panorama with rustic serenades and processional themes reminiscent of a village festival. Returning to a much-changed Italy after the Second World War inevitably generated mixed feelings in the composer - the String Quartet No. 2 in F minor reflects these through dissonance and restlessness, though dancing rhythms sound notes of optimism. His final quartet, No. 3 in F major 'Casa al Dono', is an effortless fantasia, animated and in part ecclesiastical, which was inspired by memories of his homeland and the friendships he had enjoyed.

Quartetto Adorno

Quartetto Adorno
In 2017 Quartetto Adorno won the Third Prize (First Prize not awarded), the Special Prize for the best performance of a contemporary piece and the Public’s Prize at the International String Quartet Competition “XI Premio Paolo Borciani”. During the thirty-year history of the Competition, no Italian quartet had such an important recognition.

In 2018 Quartetto Adorno is the winner of the X International Competition for String Quartet “V. E. Rimbotti” and they also becomes associate artist in residence at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth in Brussels. In 2019 Quartetto Adorno received the prestigious Prize “Una vita nella musica giovani 2019”.

From 2019 Quartetto Adorno is supported by CIDIM.

Quartetto Adorno was founded in 2015: their name is a tribute to the great philosopher Theodor Wiesengrund Adorno who, in an age of musical and social decline, saw chamber music as the only path to salvation. Adorno claimed that this genre kept the relationship between human beings and music authentic, upholding values such as respect and a desire of perfection.

Despite their recent foundation, the Quartetto Adorno has already performed for important promoters such as “London Chamber Music Society Series at Kings Place” and “Wigmore Hall” London, “Ravenna Festival”, “La Società dei Concerti” Milan, “Fondazione I Teatri” Reggio Emilia, MITO Festival, “Unione Musicale” Turin, Festival di Portogruaro, “Fazioli Concert Hall” Sacile, “Podium für junge Solisten” Tegernsee, “ACM Chamber Music” Trieste, “Amici della Musica” Perugia,“Festival Musique Chalosse” France, “Allegro Vivo Festival” Altenburg,“Musica Insieme” Bologna, “Amici della Musica” Campobasso, ”Amici della Musica” Firenze, “Appassionata Festival” Macerata, “Società del Quartetto” Bergamo ,“Micat in Vertice – Fondazione Chigiana” Siena, “Associazione Scarlatti” Naples, MUCH Brussels, “Soireès Musicales” Grimaud, “Fondazione Cini” Venezia, “Musikerlebnis” Munich, “Amici della Musica” Padova, “Richmond Concert Society” London.

Important collaborations include great artists such as P. Badura-Skoda, G. Bandini, E. Bronzi, B. Canino, A. Carbonare, M. Da Silva, F. Di Rosa, S. Gramaglia, L. Lortie, F. Meloni, P. Meyer, A. Oliva, F. Ragghianti, G. Sollima.

In 2019 the first CD is published by the Label Decca Italia with the A. von Zemlinsky No. 3 String Quartet and the J. Brahms Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 together with Alessandro Carbonare. In 2021 for the Label Decca Italia they recorded the M. Castelnuovo Tedesco Guitar Quintet with Giampaolo Bandini and in 2022 they recorded the C. Franck String Quintet for the Label Fuga Libera. In 2023 the Enescu String Octet Op. 7 is released for the Label Fuga Libera and in 2024 the completed quartets by Castelnuovo-Tedesco for the Label Naxos.

They are engaged in the performance of the complete L van Beethoven quartets at “Viotti Festival” in Vercelli and “Amici della Musica” in Cagliari. They completed it at at “Associazione Musicale Lucchese”, ”Festival di Musica da Camera” Urbino, “Musikamera” at Sale Apollinee in Teatro La Fenice in Venice.

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