Product DescriptionCELEBRATING THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF
QUARTETTO ITALIANO. COMPLETE RECORDINGS ON DECCA, PHILIPS & DG.
Founded 70 years ago by Paolo Borciani, Elisa Pegreffi, Lionello Forzanti and Franco Rossi, Quartetto Italiano is one of the finest string quartets of the 20th century. The group recorded almost exclusively for Philips Classics, leaving a legacy admired for its insight and technical brilliance.
This 37CD Box Set celebrates the artistic achievements of the Quartet by presenting their complete recordings on Decca, Philips and DG. Featured are the legendary Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms cycles as well as many other interpretations that never fail to astonish including their Debussy & Ravel debut recording on Philips, their masterful late Schubert and the collaboration with Maurizio Pollini in Brahms Piano Quintet.
37CD lift off lid box set.
Booklet with tracklist and newly commissioned note by chamber music expert Tully Potter.
CONTENTS & PERFORMERS:
*= New to CD
DECCA RECORDINGS 1948-52
CD1*:Beethoven - String Quartets Nos.7 & 9
CD2*: Mozart - String Quartet No.2; Clarinet Quintet
CD3*: Haydn - String Quartet Op.77, No.1; Beethoven: String Quartet No.6
CD4*: Mozart - String Quartets Nos.19 & 23
CD5: String Quartets By Haydn, Boccherini, Schumann & Verdi
CD6: Schubert - String Quartets In A Minor & B Flat Major; Quartettsatz
THE PHILIPS RECORDINGS 1965-1977
CD7 14: Mozart - Complete String Quartets
CD15*: Mozart - Divertimenti
CD16: Haydn - String Quartets Op.3, No.5; Op.64, No.5; Op.76, No.2
CD17*: Haydn - String Quartets Nos. 77 & 78
CD18*: Boccherini -String Quartets Op.6, Nos. 1 & 3; Op.58, No.2
CD19 27: Beethoven -Complete String Quartets
CD28: Schubert - String Quartets Nos.13 & 14
CD29: Schubert - String Quartet No.15; Quartettsatz
CD30*: Schubert - String Quartet No.14; Quartettsatz
CD31-2: Brahms - Complete String Quartets
CD33*: Schumann - String Quartets Nos. 1-3
CD34*: Dvo ák - String Quartet No.12; Borodin: String Quartet No.2
CD35: Debussy & Ravel String Quartets
CD36: Webern - Music For String Quartet: Slow Movement for String Quartet 1905 / String Quartet (1905) / 5 Movements for String Quartet Op.5 / 6 Bagatelles for String Quartet op.9 / String Quartet op.28
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 1977
CD37: Brahms - Piano Quintet
with Maurizio Pollini