(1997) Three Italian String Quartets Luciano Berio and freshness is at the

and freshness is at the same time full of generosity

almost as if he were ticking off one genre after another

Davidsbündlertänze and the “Ghost Variations”)

C'est Bruno Giuranna qui est le directeur artistique de l'orchestre

(1997) Three Italian String Quartets Luciano Berio and freshness is at theThe 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)