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2024-03-23 15:27:00
R.I.P. Maurizio Pollini (1942-2024)
[…] on the Piazza Fontana in Milan and the bombs, we took it all the more seriously. I think it was the reaction of the whole country that kept it from happening. Back then, I once read, or rather tried to read, a declaration against a hideous atrocity in the Vietnam War when the United States bombed Hanoi and Hai Phong. Several Italian musicians had signed the declaration: Claudio Abbado, Luigi Nono, [Giacomo] Manzoni and the Quartetto Italiano, as well as Goffredo Petrassi, Luigi Dallapiccola. Contrary to all my expectations, at the mere sound of the word ‘Vietnam’, the audience exploded in a kind of collective delirium, which made it impossible to continue my recital. I made several attempts to read this short statement. This was interrupted by the arrival of the police. Eventually the piano was closed and that was that. He spoke at the protests against Berlusconi almost half […]
2022-04-28 00:37:45
[…] acclaimed and emerging international artists in classical chamber music and recitals and a legacy of important debuts andpremieres. In addition, SHCS collaborates with local schools and subsidizes hundreds of student tickets each season. The list of artists presented by SHCS is remarkable—Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia, Ewa Podlés, Maurizio Pollini, Jacqueline du Pré, Mstislav Rostropovich, Jordi Savall, András Schiff, Rudolf Serkin, Janos Starker, Daniil Trifonov, Lynn Harrell, Emmanuel Ax, Alban Berg Quartet, Guarneri Quartet, Kronos Quartet, ClevelandQuartet, and Quartetto Italiano, among many others. SHCS also has a history of championing importantmusicians early in their careers, including Richard Goode, Hilary Hahn, Hélène Grimaud, Dawn Upshaw, Lang Lang, and the Emerson String Quartet. Commissioned composers include Timo Andres, Sebastian Currier,Jonathan Leshnoff, James Lee III, Hannah Lash, and Nina C. Young. Designed specifically for the community, SHCS offers the Discovery Series, a series of free concerts presented in venues throughout the region focused on artists emerging on the national […]
2021-07-11 09:00:07
The Bottom Line: Recorded from 1946-1959, these recordings showcase the origins of the Quartetto Italiano’s incomparably aristocratic, impeccably tasteful, supremely musicianly style. They are mandatory listening for anyone who cares about great quartet playing, in music ranging from the early baroque to the mid-20th century. Warner has remastered this 14-disc set with the care that […]
2020-09-18 23:00:00
The Guarneri Quartet plays the Complete Beethoven String Quartets
[…] smooth-cornered ensemble. There's no doubting the earnestness of either set's performances: Arnold Steinhardt, John Dalley, Michael Tree, and David Soyer are masterful musicians and ardent individualists who mean what they say and do what they say they'll do. While there have been many superlative recordings of Beethoven's complete quartets -- one thinks of the Old World charm of the Budapest Quartet's cycle, the New World energy of the Emerson, the Old Europe beauty of the Quartetto Italiano, the postwar intensity of the Alban Berg, or the pre-millennial rapture of the Quatuor Végh -- this later set by the Guarneri Quartet arguably ranks with them.(AllMusic review)
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