Quartetto di Cremona
Ori Kam viola †
Eckart Runge cello †
Wolf Italian Serenade in G
Mozart String Quartet No 1 in G K.80 Lodi
Nimrod Borenstein Cieli d’Italia Op 88 for string quartet
Tchaikovsky String Sextet in D minor Op 70 Souvenir de Florence †
AV2436 | www.avie-records.com
Released: 20 November 2020
An album of chamber works inspired by the beauty of Italy, including a work specially commissioned for the recording, celebrates the 20th birthday of the renowned Italian ensemble Quartetto di Cremona. Made possible by the Quartet’s 2019 Franco Buitoni Award, all four composers on the CD found inspiration on Italian visits. Following Wolf’s Italian Serenade and Mozart’s first string quartet (written in Lodi – hence its nickname – when he was 14), the new commission is Nimrod Borenstein’s Cieli d’Italia, followed by Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, where the quartet is joined by violist Ori Kam and cellist Eckart Runge.
Quartetto di Cremona
Lawrence Dutton viola (Emerson String Quartet)
Beethoven Complete String Quartets and String Quintet Op 29
Vol 1 Opp 18/6 • 95 • 135
Vol 2 Opp 59/2 • 127
Vol 3 Opp 18/4 • 133 • 59/1
Vol 4 Opp 18/1 • 131
Vol 5 Opp 29* • 132
Vol 6 Opp 18/5 • 130
Vol 7 Opp 18/2 • 59/3
Vol 8 Opp 18/3 • 74
8SACD
Audite 21454 | www.audite.de
Originally released in eight volumes from 2013, the Quartetto di Cremona’s acclaimed Beethoven string quartet cylce is now available in an Audite box set, supported by the Borletti-Buitoni Trust. The set also includes Beethoven’s Op 29 String Quintet, where the Quartetto di Cremona is joined by Lawrence Dutton from the Emerson String Quintet.