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Martucci: Music for String Quartet, Piano Trios, Piano Quintet

11/1/2016, 17 Tracks, 2:21:55

Featuring

  • Roberto Noferini
  • Andrea Noferini
  • Maria Semeraro
  • Federico Parravicini
  • Anna Noferini
  • Quartetto Noferini
  • Giuseppe Martucci

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Martucci, along with Giovanni Sgambati, aimed to open up Italian musical life to developments in European Romanticism, particularly German Romanticism.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Martucci's compositions reveal a deep admiration for German instrumental music, especially Brahms, Wagner, Beethoven, and Schumann, while also incorporating classical Italian counterpoint.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

During Martucci's time, Italian audiences were largely focused on opera, with impresarios disinclined to promote anything else due to commercial calculations.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Giuseppe Martucci, born in 1856, was an Italian composer whose father played the trumpet in the Military Band.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Quartetto Noferini was founded by siblings Anna, Andrea, and Roberto in memory of their father, Giordano Noferini, who was an accomplished pianist, composer, and orchestral conductor.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Martucci never wrote music for the stage, despite the Italian obsession with opera, and was one of the few Italian composers of his time to refuse to try his hand at opera.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Martucci preferred instrumental music over opera, which was unusual for an Italian composer of his time, as opera reigned supreme in Italy.

Source: Booklet

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