Verdi (1813-1901) String Quartet E minor - 1st Movement (Allegro)

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Uploaded by on Jun 20, 2009

Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)

String Quartet E minor

1st Movement (Allegro)

Composed in Naples in 1873 as a personal amusement (and never intended for publication) while waiting for Aida to be staged. This is Verdi's only chamber music. It really ought to be heard more often, but is completely overshadowed by his operatic output! Needless to say!!

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  • hm may i know which version is this?

  • @swordyboyakon Hi, I was not aware there was more than one version so I'm not sure I can help you. Sorry.

  • @fozziebear2009 i'm sorry so which quartet played in this recording?

  • @swordyboyakon Hi sorry I've only just got your other messages. It is the Melos Quartet. The CD also has a recording of the Sibelius Quartet.

  • Glad you like it; unfortunately I don't speak italian so I don't know what else you said lol!! :)

  • Thanks I think so, too!

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  • How great the chamber music that comes from masters of vocal writing!-Schumann, Schubert, Verdi, etc. etc. You are guaranteed lyricism, melody, fine harmonic writing, and a wonderful mastery of colour!

  • Not the best performance of this piece, meaning there are better ones. Still fantastic.

  • I hadn't heard much of Verdi's work until I heard this, but this is incredible! I wish he had written more chamber music like this, he was brilliant at it.

  • @swordyboyakon I didn't know there was more than one version either, but this is definitely different than the one usually played in concerts and recorded more often... interesting insight into the structure of the piece to compare the two! And I love the performance...

  • @hsmfan1996 Yes is in sonata allegro form. Exposition in the Tonic, the second theme ends in the relative major, then a development, recap back to tonic with the second theme recap in the Tonic's parallel Major and a coda back to the tonic.

  • Just beautiful music.

    Thank you for posting.

  • @fozziebear2009 oh what i meant was which quartet played in this recording, sorry if that wasn't clear.

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