Quartetto Adorno - Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Complete String Quartets (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 71:03 minutes | 1,25 GB
Classical | Label: Naxos Records, Official Digital Download
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.