Salvatore Sciarrino, Quartetto Prometeo
Quartetto N.7 - Quartetto N.8 - Sei Quartetti Brevi
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Kairos is proud to announce the release of three string quartets by renowned Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino, recorded by the brilliant Quartetto Prometeo. The group has worked closely with the composer for years, leading him to dedicate two pieces to it, one of which is included on this CD, the Quartetto No. 8.
The three quartets, Quartetto No. 7, Quartetto No.8, and Sei quartetti brevi were written over a time span of fortyone years, but despite this long range of time, Sciarrino’s idiosyncratic musicality is recognizable in every piece.
However, each of the three pieces included in this collection is starkly individual, an ‘interruption’ within the ‘continuity’ of Sciarrino’s oeuvre. In Quartetto No. 7, we are confronted with the composer’s attempt to transfer techniques he developed for voice writing to strings, and in Sei quartette brevi with the enduring legacy of both Beethoven and the post-war avant-garde. This concept of a conscious historical dialog through a personal filter is also present in the Quartetto No.8.
Release notes
Recording venue: Musikstudio 1, Großer Sendesaal of Saarländischer Rundfunk Recording date: 11.-13.2.2010 Quartetto N.7 (1999) Commissioned by I Teatri di Reggio Emilia Quartetto N.8 (2008) Commissioned by Aldeburgh Festival, Ultima Festival Oslo Sei quartetti brevi (1967-1992) Commissioned by Associazione Filarmonica Roveretto
| 1 | Quartetto N. 7 | 9:43 | |
| 2 | Quartetto N. 8 | 18:28 | |
| Sei Quartetti Brevi | |||
| 3 | I | 4:10 | |
| 4 | II | 1:25 | |
| 5 | III | 3:55 | |
| 6 | IV | 2:25 | |
| 7 | V | 3:05 | |
| 8 | VI | 3:17 | |
- Jakob Gasteiger
- Artwork [Front]
- Francesco Dillon
- Cello
- Salvatore Sciarrino
- Composed By, Liner Notes [Italian]
- Rainer Neumann
- Engineer [Recording Engineer]
- Quartetto Prometeo
- Ensemble
- Gabi Hauser
- Graphic Design
- Noah Zeldin
- Liner Notes [English Translation]
- Francesca Spinazzi
- Liner Notes [Translation German]
- Marco Frei
- Liner Notes [Translation German]
- Boris Hofmann
- Mastered By [Mastering/Cut]
- Luca Carrà
- Photography By [Salvatore Sciarrino]
- Barbara Fränzen
- Producer
- Peter Oswald
- Producer
- Wolfgang Korb
- Producer
- Saarländischer Rundfunk
- Recorded By
- Thomas Raisig
- Recording Supervisor
- Carmelo Giallombardo
- Viola
- Aldo Campagnari
- Violin
- Giulio Rovighi
- Violin
