Bartolomeo Campagnoli Six String Quartets - Ensemble Symposium (2014)

Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751 – 1827)
Six String Quartets
Performer: Ensemble Symposium
Label: Brilliant Classics
Release: October 2014
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Bartolomeo Campagnoli, mostly noted as student of Giuseppe Tartini and Pietro Nardini, was Italian violinist-composer that known for his violin concerto. With the resurrections of Italian Classical era composer in string quartet era, we got his six string quartets being recorded. Known for its budget recording, Brilliant Classics stand up for this task and the performer is Ensemble Symposium.

All six string quartets still in three movement form. Read the CD notes :

First recording of the string quartets by Campagnoli.

Bartolomeo Campagnoli (1751-1827) learned his trade with famous Italian musicians Tartini and Nardini. As a virtuoso on the violin he travelled Europe, where he held several important posts in Freising (Bavaria), Dresden and Stockholm, before settling as Kapellmeister of the famous Gewandhausorchester in Leipzig.

Campagnoli claimed for himself gthe german learnedness with Italian soulh, and his string quartets, the relatively new and ghoth genre of his days (with Joseph Haydn as the supreme creator and master), abound in lyrical melodies set into the firm musical structures of the first Viennese School.

Simone Laghi, leader of the Ensemble Symposium, did extensive research into the music of Campagnoli, and prepares its first Edition. Their masterful performances breath historical insight and pure delight in the musicfs originality. Extensive liner notes written by Simone Laghi.

String quartets came into their own in the latter half of the 18th century, and this brand new genre became an irresistible temptation to many composers, not least the young Italian Bartolomeo Campagnoli.

The six quartets featured on this disc are bursting with vitality and innovation, as Campagnoli’s penchant for playful melodic lines (especially in the first violin) comes thrillingly to the fore. The composer’s roots in northern Italy, particularly in Padua and Florence, were carried with him as he travelled around northern Europe, settling at various points in Stockholm, Dresden and
Hanover. This led to Campagnoli’s own assertion that he combined ‘German learnedness with Italian soul’, a truly pleasurable mixture perfectly suited to the string quartet genre.

Ensemble Symposium are experts in Campagnoli’s repertoire, with founder Simone Laghi currently preparing a critical edition of the composer’s six string quartets for publication in the USA. The group’s masterful and compelling performance is a testament to their extensive historical studies, as they strive to create a strong link between research and active interpretation, with
striking results.

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Bartolomeo Campagnoli Six String Quartets:  - BUY IT HERE-

String Quartet No. 2 in B-Flat Major I. Allegro
II. Andante moderato
III. Rondò. Allegro

String Quartet No. 5 in F Major
I. Allegro spiritoso
II. Andante
III. Rondò. Allegro

String Quartet No. 6 in C Major
I. Variazioni. Largo
II. Allegro maestoso
III. Allegro moderato

String Quartet No. 4 in E-Flat Major
I. Allegro
II. Andantino
III. Allegro moderato

String Quartet No. 3 in G Major
I. Allegro non tanto
II. Larghetto
15 III. Presto assai

String Quartet No. 1 in D Major
I. Allegro
II. Andante con moto
III. Rondò. Allegro

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