Quartetto Italiano
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Special offer. Mozart: Complete Quintets Vol. 2
RecommendedArthur Grumiaux (violin), Arpad Gérecz, Georges Janzer (viola), Max Lesueur (viola), Eva Czako (cello), Quartetto Italiano, Bruno Hoffman (glass harmonica), Aurèle Nicolet, Heinz Holliger (oboe), Karl Schouten (viola), Jean Decroos (cello), Jack Brymer (clarinet), Allegri Quartet
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Building a Library, February 2005, First Choice
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These famous recordings, made 40 years ago, emerge triumphantly, and the sound is far superior to many recent sets. It's hard to see why, with these available, anyone should feel the need to... —
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Special offer. Brahms: Complete String Quartets & Clarinet Sonatas
Quartetto Italiano, George Pietersen (clarinet), Hephzibah Menuhin (piano)
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The remastered Italian set still sounds well: their superiority in terms of sheer quartet playing is still striking: purity of intonation, perfectly blended tone and superb ensemble and attack.... —
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Classic performances, with refined tonal sensibility and complete unanimity of phrasing. Intimate music making, especially in the slow movements, though Beethoven's outbursts are never short-changed. —
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Special offer. Quartetto Italiano
Royal Festival Hall, London, 22 February 1965
Quartetto Italiano: Paolo Borciani (violin I), Elisa Pegreffi (violin II), Piero Farulli (viola) & Franco Rossi (cello)
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…it's one of the quartet's last recordings, but the legendary luminosity of sound is still there, as is the beautiful precision, perfectly complemented by Pollini's clarity and control of touch.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Chamber
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Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1980, Winner - Chamber
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[In the Cherubini] the Quartetto Italiano achieve a seamless tonal blend…Ravel’s Quartet is given with an unusual degree of deliberation...Good sound clinches a terrific collection. —
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Collectionneur
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