(1997) Three Italian String Quartets Luciano Berio Clemens Hagen

Clemens Hagen

often by questionable arguments

Robert De Visée and Simone Molinaro

But an ironic stroke of fate came to his aid

combining three elements: the circus

(1997) Three Italian String Quartets Luciano Berio Clemens HagenThe three works on this recording are characteristic of the rebirth of the string quartet in Italy after an extended hiatus following the quartets by Boccherini and Cherubini. The quartets by Respighi, Rota and Malipiero represent the continuation of Verdis individual forays into this genre and in a sense the development of the string quartet in Italy in the first half of this century. The Nuovo Quartetto Italiano (formerly Giovane Quartetto Italiano)