Performer: Quartetto Bernardini
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Arcana
Release: 2021
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Johann Christian Bach
Quartet in B-Flat Major, WB60
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Rondò
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet in F Major, K. 370/368b
03. I. Allegro
04. II. Adagio
05. III. Rondeau Allegro
Charles Bochsa père
06. Romance favorite “Les plus jolis mots” in F Major
Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer
Quartet in F Major, Op. 37
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andantino
09. III. Menuetto Allegro & Trio
10. IV. Rondo Allegro
Alessandro Rolla
Piccolo quartetto in C Major, BI425
11. I. Romance
12. II. Allegro
Georg Druschetzki
13. Canone a quatro voci del Sig. Kirnberger in A Minor
Quartetto Bernardini
Alfredo Bernardini, oboe
Cecilia Bernardini, violin
Simone Jandl, viola
Marcus van den Munckhof, violoncello
With its debut recording, the Bernardini Quartet takes us on a journey into the golden age of its formation, consisting of oboe, violin, viola and cello. The programme consists of a selection of exemplary pieces written between 1780 and 1818 by composers of different nationalities who are united by their diversity.
Alongside Alfredo and Cecilia Bernardini, father and daughter, respectively oboist/director and first violin of the Ensemble Zefiro, the members are the German violist Simone Jandl and the Dutch cellist Marcus van den Munckhof.The programme begins with one of the earliest quartets for these forces, by Johann Christian Bach; continues with Mozart’s Quartet KV370/360b, a milestone of the genre, followed by a romance with variations by the French composer Charles Bochsa, a substantial four-movement quartet by the cellist Dotzauer and a delightful little quartet by Alessandro Rolla, violinist and conductor of La Scala, Milan; and ends with a meditative perpetual canon by the Bohemian Georg Druschetzky, based on a famous Lutheran chorale. In this recording, Alfredo Bernardini used five different period oboes.