Verdi: String Quartet in E Minor - Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No. 1 - Puccini: Crisantemi
9/9/2022, 9 Tracks, 58:09
Featuring
Wolfram Brandl
Krzysztof Specjal
Yulia Deyneka
Claudius Popp
Streichquartett der Staatskapelle Berlin
Giuseppe Verdi
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Giacomo Puccini
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Composition History
Pyotr Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1 was motivated by the prospect of an all-Tchaikovsky concert in early 1871, when the composer was short of funds.
Compositional Technique
Puccini's Crisantemi features two elegiac themes that later reappeared in the final act of his opera Manon Lescaut, with sonorities that are almost orchestral in their richness.
Performer Biography
The Streichquartett der Staatskapelle Berlin consists of the four string section leaders of the Staatskapelle Berlin, who first performed together as a quartet in 2017.
Composition History
Giuseppe Verdi's String Quartet in E minor is his only piece of chamber instrumental music, written in 1873 while awaiting the premiere of his opera Aida.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The three composers on this album are best known for large-scale genres, but their chamber music presents their creative personality in its purest form.
Composition History
Giacomo Puccini's Crisantemi, dating from early 1890, was written in one night and is dedicated to the memory of Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta.
Compositional Technique
The main theme of the Andante cantabile second movement of Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 1 is based on a folksong and became a worldwide audience favorite.
