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Tchaikovsky: Quatuor à cordes & Souvenir de Florence

9/19/2025, 8 Tracks, 1:14:56

Featuring

  • Amaury Coeytaux
  • Loïc Rio
  • Laurent Marfaing
  • François Kieffer
  • Hélène Clément
  • Antoine Lederlin
  • Quatuor Modigliani
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Recording & Production

The recording sessions for this album took place in two different locations: Flagey in Belgium in December 2020 and Hohenems in Austria in December 2024.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Quatuor Modigliani, based in Paris, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2023 and is a regular guest at top international venues.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The 'Souvenir de Florence' sextet was Tchaikovsky's first attempt at this rarely-used form, and he found it particularly challenging, feeling he was composing for an orchestra rather than six instruments.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Tchaikovsky aimed to reconcile German compositional laws, French harmonic colors, and his innate love for Russia in his music, declaring himself 'Russian to the marrow of my bones!'

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Tchaikovsky, the composer, traveled extensively throughout his life, with Paris leaving a profound impression on him.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Tchaikovsky's Quartet no. 3 was composed in 1876 and dedicated to the memory of Ferdinand Laub, a violinist who had premiered Tchaikovsky's previous two quartets.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

The Quatuor Modigliani performs on four exceptional Italian instruments, including a 1715 Stradivari violin and a 1706 Matteo Goffriller cello.

Source: Booklet

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