Sinigaglia: Complete Works for String Quartet, Vol. 1

Featuring

Filip Jeska
Mikołaj Pokora
Radenko Kostadinov
Francesca Fiore
Archos Quartet
Leone Sinigaglia

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Sinigaglia's String Quartet in D major, Op. 27, combines his natural Italian lyricism with technical mastery learned in Vienna and Prague.

Historical Context

Leone Sinigaglia died tragically at age 75 in 1944 from a heart attack at the moment of his arrest for deportation to a concentration camp due to his Jewish origins.

Performer Biography

The Archos Quartet, a multinational string quartet, was founded in 2009 at the Musikhochschule Lübeck.

Composer Biography

Leone Sinigaglia, the composer, was renowned not only as a composer but also as a mountaineer.

Recording & Production

This album features world premiere recordings of Leone Sinigaglia's complete works for string quartet.

Composer Biography

Sinigaglia studied at the Turin conservatoire and later traveled in Europe, knowing Brahms in Vienna and meeting Dvořák in Prague.

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