DONIZETTI: STRING QUARTETS - Vol. II

DONIZETTI: STRING QUARTETS – Vol. II (LDV 14095)

(2 CDs)

String Quartet No. 7 in F minor* (1819)
String Quartet No. 9 in D minor* (1821)
String Quartet No. 10 in G minor* (1821)

String Quartet No. 11 in C Major (1821)
String Quartet No. 12 in C Major (1821)
String Quartet No. 6 in G minor (1817)

MITJA QUARTET

Giorgiana Strazzullo, violin I

Lorenza Maio, violin II

Carmine Caniani, viola

Veronica Fabbri Valenzuela, cello

Baltazar Zúñiga, artistic producer

Spare your imagination. This is how Donizetti described one of the secrets of good composition ("save your imagination and conduct a piece with few ideas"); and this economy of invention was exercised with particular effectiveness in chamber music, and especially in its noblest form: the string quartet. This second box set marks a further step toward recording the complete works performed by the strings of the Mitja Quartet.

ENGLISH VERSION

Saving the imagination. This was one of the secrets of good composition (“sparing the imagination and conducting a piece with a few ideas”) according to Donizetti. Indeed, this economy of invention proved especially effective in chamber music, particularly in its noblest formation: the string quartet. This second box marks a further step towards the recording of the complete opera released by the strings of the Mitja Quartet.