(1997) Three Italian String Quartets Luciano Berio Clemens Hagen

Clemens Hagen

Turina’s compositions for this genre

and freshness is at the same time full of generosity

Robert De Visée and Simone Molinaro

combining three elements: the circus

(1997) Three Italian String Quartets Luciano Berio Clemens HagenThe three works on this recording are characteristic of the rebirth of the string quartet in Italy after an extended hiatus following the quartets by Boccherini and Cherubini. The quartets by Respighi, Rota and Malipiero represent the continuation of Verdis individual forays into this genre and in a sense the development of the string quartet in Italy in the first half of this century. The Nuovo Quartetto Italiano (formerly Giovane Quartetto Italiano)